Mr. Speaker, if we do all that, if we say all the things these members do not want to hear, we get to the bottom line and that is that Canadians are paying more and getting less. They are getting less health care and less social services. In a word, this is a pay more, get less budget.
It reminds me of the time in old England when King Richard the Lionhearted was away on a crusade. He left a relative, Prince Jean, in charge of the kingdom.
To quote a rhyme from that period, “He wanted to be known as John the First, but he ended up known as John the Worst”. Why? Because with the aid of his henchman, the sheriff of Nottingham, he taxed his people to death. Under his regency the government got richer but the people got poorer. They paid more and got less, until a green clad reformer named Robin Hood created the united alternative, but that is another subject which I will save for another day.
I close by suggesting that King Jean and the sheriff of Nottingham retire to the castle for a night of revelling while Reformers will retire to Sherwood Forest to plot our plans for the next day, and that we return here tomorrow to debate the only real question this budget poses. Why should Canadians pay more and get less?
I move:
That the debate be now adjourned.
(Motion agreed to)