Mr. Speaker, it is wonderful to hear the errors of statement coming from the member for Medicine Hat.
Number one, of course I spoke about taxes. Perhaps he missed that point of my speech. I said that they were higher than in the United States. If taxes are the only issue with respect to productivity, perhaps the hon. member for Medicine Hat can explain why, with higher tax rates, countries like France and Germany have achieved higher levels of productivity growth. Goodness, that is hard to understand.
Second, what I do not understand about Reformers is that we hear them every day saying they want more spending on health care, more spending on crime control, more spending on defence. They have a bigger list of more spending items than you can shake a stick at.
At the same time, somehow or other they think we will pay down the debt and lower taxes as well. I understand why they need to start a new party. The arithmetic in their old party just does not add up.