Mr. Speaker, I agree with most of what my friend, the hon. member for Hochelaga—Maisonneuve, said.
I would not go as far as to say that the government is stupid, but I do agree that it is not fair. Never in the history of Canada have I heard of a government making a $6 billion cut to social programs. That is not fair. It has been very hard on thousands of Canadians. This government is more conservative than the Conservatives are.
It is not fair to cut $6 billion. It is the doing of the current Minister of Finance. That is not fair at all, something which many progressive Liberals have a problem with and which hopefully will change after the minister brings down his budget Tuesday evening.