Mr. Speaker, I cannot understand how the hon. member across the way can stand in her place and talk about this government, her government, governing by frugality. If it were not so serious, it would be laughable.
Her government took power back in 1993. The present Liberal administration has had close to one and a half mandates and it has yet to hit its budgeted target for spending. And she has the audacity to stand in her place and talk about governing with frugality.
The facts are that last year in the budget the finance minister estimated the spending to be about $104.5 billion. He is over that by an estimated $3 billion already. And he is talking about another $2.5 billion for health care that he is going to retroactively put back into last year's budget which will put him somewhere around $6 billion or $7 billion over budget. How is that governing with frugality?