Mr. Speaker, we have been on a course whereby we have consistently reduced EI premiums. This is a question of choice. In three and a half years we have gone from a $42 billion deficit to a surplus budget. At the same time we have chosen to reinvest in those most deserving in our country, the disabled, children living below the poverty line, working families with low incomes, the charitable sector, the voluntary sector.
We have chosen a balanced approach for paying down the debt—