Mr. Speaker, this is really fun because we sat on the finance committee together many years ago. Obviously the hon. member was much younger then and time has erased many of those memories.
It is interesting that never once did she or any other member on the government's side of the House, including the finance minister, vote for or support any initiative that reduced the size of government or the cost of government. In 1988 when the member was first elected she railed against free trade. Free trade has been the biggest success story in Canada and one of the reasons that Ontario is leading the pack in terms of economic development and prosperity.
Let us go back to the GST. The member was a winner on both issues. She campaigned against free trade and swallowed herself whole in 1997. She campaigned on NAFTA and swallowed herself whole. She did the same on the GST. She just lucked into office as did the government.
It is like turning that truck around in 40 acres or slowing down that tanker. It takes more—