Madam Speaker, I do not always agree with the hon. Reform member and this is not a message from the united alternative. That being the case, I agree with him completely in his assertion that the Liberals simply do not understand supply side economics.
Liberals believe Canadians will not be bothered by being taxed more and more and that the economy will not be stalled by this. They believe employment insurance premiums and payroll taxes do not kill jobs. They do not even believe in the law of supply and demand. The Liberals believe in Liberal focus group economics. They have no understanding of the types of economic principles that are leading even their counterparts in social democrat governments elsewhere to produce more tax relief, jobs and growth than they are capable of producing.
The previous government gave the Liberals a great start on the road to economic success with free trade, the GST, deregulation of financial services, transportation and energy. We really gave them every opportunity to succeed and yet they still do not recognize what Canadians need now. More than anything else Canadians need lower taxes, less regulation, more jobs, more economic growth. We want Canadians to succeed here. We do not want them to have to succeed in the U.S. or in other countries where opportunities are growing faster because taxes are lower.