Mr. Speaker, I really want to commend my hon. colleague for the lucid way in which he projected forward and indicated clearly on what basis the budget was really put into a balanced position.
I would like to give him the opportunity to correct the hon. member opposite who seemed to indicate that the only way revenue increased in Canada was simply because the GDP was rising, the economy was generally healthy and therefore obviously the revenues would increase.
What the hon. member earlier forgot to hear my hon. colleague say had to do with the income the individual taxpayer in Canada had to pay. It is not as a result of the GDP but simply because the tax burden of each individual taxpayer has been increased. The accumulated effect of that has been to increase the revenue and to say for sure that the balanced budget is as a result of payments by Canadian taxpayers.