Madam Speaker, there are two halves to the equation. I really support the fact that we are looking at our debt through our GDP ratio. As the hon. member opposite points out, even with a $50 billion investment, which would leave us no money to reinvest in the programs we hear Canadians asking for and the kind of social structure Canadians are demanding, it would still take a long time to pay the debt off.
I do not see this government having a single focus on merely paying down debt. As we went across Canada, people said health care was up here and their second priority was down here. I believe that this budget and this government have achieved the balance that will give a quality of life to Canadians as well as help to retire the debt.