Mr. Speaker, that is a very unhelpful question which breeds much cynicism toward politics in a lot of Canadians who look at what goes on in parliament today with some distress.
Let me say very clearly that we believe the federal government or any government has a responsibility to act in a fiscally responsible manner. It is very difficult for the vast majority of Canadians to understand how the party the member represents can on one hand say that it is committed to reinvesting in health care and to ensuring that the agricultural crisis which many families and communities are experiencing are addressed with public dollars. On the other hand, that party talks about the kind of across the board tax cuts which would give millions and millions of dollars to the wealthy and absolutely nothing, or pennies, to those who need assistance most.
That is what the Reform Party stands for. That is why my party is very happy to be here with sufficient force to stand and not only push against the Reform Party agenda but finally begin to push the Liberal Party back toward a more responsible stand on some of these issues than the dominance it has had over its actions over last six years.