Well, from Mars or wherever he is from. He is certainly not from this planet.
My friend across the way is heckling but never have I seen him speak in the House on a bill. I suggest to him that he should have the courage of his convictions and rise to his feet and debate this budget instead of heckling and spouting inanities from the other side.
The fourth reason we need to cut taxes in Canada is simply because we have to put some chains on government. I fear very much that government in Canada is starting to grow again. I am concerned that we will see a return to the old-style liberalism where government starts to interfere more and more in people's lives. It already interferes substantially in people's lives and many Canadians today resent it greatly.
What we see after yesterday's budget is a huge increase overall in spending. We saw the government go $7.6 billion over budget in this year's spending. It is proposing to go somewhere in the range of $30 billion, I would say over budget, over the next three years, at least if this year's budget numbers are used as a standard for the next three years. That is crazy. We are in a situation where we have had exactly two surpluses to date.
It is time that we put a rein on government, that we put some limits on government so that those surpluses can accumulate for the benefit of Canadians, so that they can go back to people in the form of lower taxes, so that we can pay down the debt, not so that we can build up more government programs. We do not need that. That is extraordinarily dangerous.
The government continues to tax away $11 billion a year from people who make less than $30,000. That is absolutely irresponsible. We are punishing people at the low end of the income scale.
The best way to chain a meddling and clumsy government is to quit giving it so much in taxes. I argue it is time to start cutting taxes in a substantive way. My party has come up with a program that would give Canadians $26 billion in tax relief over the next three years, pay down $17 billion in debt, put $6 billion into health care and also start a debate with the provinces and the public on how we can fix health care in Canada today.
I argue it is time to take a new approach. The only think that stands in our way is the 157 Liberals across the way, including the member for Haliburton—Victoria. I did not know where he was from because he never stands up and speaks.
I encourage people across the country, if they are tired of high taxes and slashed health care, help us throw the Liberals out because it is time for Canada to have a new fresh approach.