Mr. Speaker, I shall tell the hon. member exactly what I told him last week, that one of the reasons for eradicating the deficit was that now we have a surplus, which will help us get through any bad times that might occur. We do not want to do what the Progressive Conservative Party did, which was to raise contributions during a recession.
Second, Canadians have the guarantee of the Government of Canada, a government now far more stable financially than it was.