Madam Speaker, I recognize and agree with many of the points my colleague from the Bloc has made. I think we need to have this discussion somewhere down the road.
I am concerned that in getting involved in this discussion the heat will come off the government for its disastrous track record when it comes to the Canadian dollar. The government has allowed the productivity of the country to fall because of its high tax, high debt policies. As a result we see the ability of many Canadian companies being in peril when it comes to competing around the world.
The way to fix this is not to let the government off the hook by becoming involved in some wide ranging debate about monetary union and that sort of thing. The way to deal with it is to go back and undo the disastrous policies of the government.
We do not need any more high tax policies. We have to reverse the trend to regulate the Canadian economy to the point where business almost chokes on the amount of paperwork it has to go through in the course of a day.
We are saying the emphasis is the bone of contention of the Reform Party. We need to put emphasis on fixing the fiscal policies of the country. Then we will see a stronger dollar and at that point have this debate in full.