Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the question of the hon. member for Elk Island. He is quite right that the Conservatives should have been in government a lot longer to pursue these types of important policies.
I am sure if he had longer to ask his question he probably would have pointed out that the Progressive Conservatives were very busy making structural changes in the Canadian economy including free trade, the elimination of the manufacturers sales tax, deregulation of financial services, transportation and energy, those policies that ultimately enabled the government opposite to eliminate the deficit.
I appreciate the hon. member's intervention. I would hope, perhaps with his support and the support of members sitting with his party, that we could return to the days when we had an extraordinarily active public policy government that actually developed visionary changes necessary for Canadians. Right now it is not happening.
I am sure if the member had longer to ask his question he would have pointed out the fact that there has not been a single visionary policy from the Liberals since 1993. It has been a status quo, caretakership government without vision.
I am sure if he had longer to ask his question he would have pointed out the fact that the former Progressive Conservative government was busy making important structural changes and if it would have had just a little more time it would have probably pursued the necessary fundamental changes we are discussing as the Progressive Conservative Party of 1999.