Mr. Speaker, budget '99 did not give any meaningful tax relief to Canadians.
In fact the budget discriminated against parents who chose to stay home to take care of their children. The budget did not make any significant efforts to pay off the debt. The budget did not do anything for small businesses. They are completely left out of the loop in the budget. The government's $24 billion in cuts since 1993 have caused the destruction of our health care system.
Will the hon. member ask his government to cancel the damage control ad that is running in the newspaper, wasting millions of Canadian taxpayer dollars? Is this not simply an ad to hide a pay more, get less budget? This ad denies Canadians the right to know or the right to express themselves. It is a campaign to deny that the budget destroys health care. Will the member ask his government to stop that ad?