Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for her HRDC speech. I did not hear too much about the budget presented on Monday.
I want to take issue with the tax reduction plan she talked about. If she refers to table 4 of the five year tax reduction review, therein is laid out $17 billion in annual tax reduction. It is a combination of both tax cuts and tax relief. The only tax relief that is in there is $2.5 billion for the child tax credit. That adds up to $58 billion. I therefore do not understand the hon. member's concern about tax cuts because the tax cuts are there. That does not include the EI cuts projected over the next five years.
The numbers the hon. member is putting forward are not realistic. It is in fact $17 billion worth of tax relief. It is in fact a five year tax reduction plan. I do not understand the thrust of the hon. member's speech. I also do not understand the thrust of the hon. member's selective failure to remember the EI cuts as well.
It seems to me that the hon. member and her party are somewhat against Santa Claus and Christmas at the same time.