Mr. Speaker, this member says that Canadians have bought into this government's vision. Let me remind him of one thing. This government won 100% of the power in the last election with 38% of the vote. The lowest plurality in Canadian history resulted in a majority government. It lost the election in eight of the ten provinces and it won 101 of the 103 seats in Ontario with less than half of the vote. If that is Canadians buying into this vision, then I would like to see what he really means.
The member suggested that I was voting for the Tory government before I became a Reform MP. I can advise him that I was on the national policy committee of the Liberal Party of Canada as a supporter of John Turner because I was disgusted with the fiscal irresponsibility of the then Tory government. I became equally disgusted with the fiscal irresponsibility of this Liberal government. That is why I came to Reform.
This member then tells us that Conrad Black is to blame for the deficit. He did not own any Canadian papers back in those days. I wish he—