Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for the question. I would have hoped he might have been a bit more objective. Clearly the government has a responsibility to inform Canadians with regard to the programs it has and to the decisions it has made in the budget. That is exactly what is happening.
With regard to the comments about destroying the health care system, this is absolute nonsense. We had a $42 billion deficit when we came into power. That has been eradicated. What has been the major investment that has been undertaken subsequent to that? It has been in health with $11.5 billion dollars in transfer over five years to the provinces. There will be $1.4 billion to undertake research which will improve the quality of health care for all Canadians throughout the nation.
With respect to the other comments that he made, particularly the reduction of taxes, I indicated how superficial the Reform Party agreement is. If we gave a dollar a day tax reduction to the 15 million Canadians who file taxes, it would cost the government $15 million a day. In one year it would cost $5.4 billion. Does Reform not get it?