Madam Speaker, it is always a privilege to hear my colleague from the other part of Nova Scotia, Kings—Hants, speak up.
I have to ask the member a question about one thing he said at the very end. Does he honestly believe that his government, the Conservative government of 1984 to 1993, was really forward-thinking when it brought in the GST and its dreaded cousin the HST, and when it ran up the debt and deficit of the country to astronomical limits which put tremendous pressure on a lot of public programs for the average Canadian? I am just wondering if the hon. member really believes that is forward-thinking.