Mr. Speaker, I have three points to make. I would have hoped my colleague from the Conservative Party would have been a bit clearer and more precise than my colleague from the Reform Party.
Over nine years the Tories let the debt climb to almost $600 billion; they almost tripled it in nine years. When we came into power in 1993 the debt was $190 billion. It took us about four years to get it down to zero. He wants to forget that, but I will not let him forget and neither will my colleagues.
With regard to the TPC he should know that we are following the interim report very closely. We want to make sure that we respond in an appropriate kind of manner. I assure my colleague that we will do so.
With regard to the overall investments in science, research and technology, this is good news for all Canadians: young Canadians and people who want to stay in Canada. This is good news for Manitoba. This is good news for every province and each of the three territories.
I hope my colleague will stand and applaud the government's decisions in that area as well as decisions in other areas such as gradual tax reductions which will accumulate and will translate into significant savings. We are not pie in the sky. We will not promise something we cannot sustain and then have to remove. We will do it step by step and we will get there just like we did with the elimination of the deficit.