Mr. Speaker, first, I am sure the hon. member recognizes that the deficit was put there by previous Liberal governments. I know he will take responsibility for that.
I would like to quickly touch on two issues. One is the $5.4 billion per year. I assume if a dollar a day per taxpayer adds up to $5.4 billion per year the hon. member recognizes that when his government charges a dollar a day to the taxpayers of Canada it also generates revenue of $5.4 billion per year, which it has been increasing and not decreasing over the last five years.
I have a question about research and development. I give full marks for the dollars being put back into the budget for research and development. Would he touch on the Canadian aerospace funds of $400 million which were recently detailed in the WTO report as being an illegal subsidy to Canadian aerospace?