Mr. Speaker, perhaps the Minister of Finance should tell us whether the drop in the Canadian dollar also helps repay the debt. Perhaps he should look at the studies done by the C.D. Howe Institute, which show that the average Canadian family pays Ottawa $652 more than it gets.
I would like the minister—the new Minister of Health competing with the current one for the leadership—to explain how the cash payment dropped from $678 per person to $386 per person, nearly 50% less. These are the Minister of Finance's figures.