Mr. Speaker, my colleague is talking about the budget. I would ask her how she, as a member from British Columbia, could possibly defend the slash and burn approach the government has taken since 1993 in the areas of health care and education? The government has removed approximately $21 billion in this area while reinvesting, as the Liberals like to say, $11 billion. This leaves a $10 billion shortfall. How can the member justify that?
In the House of Commons on December 16th, 1999. See this statement in context.