Mr. Speaker, the hon. member went over a number of items. I started to add them up and I lost track of the number of ways he wanted to spend additional money.
He talked about additional tax cuts. He said that the deindexation was not a tax break for Canadians because it had to be done. He wanted more. He said there were no real tax breaks and he wanted more tax breaks. I do not know how much he would like to add to the spending of the government in terms of reduced taxation. He talked about EI, another $5 billion to deal with the national surplus. He talked about another $1 billion for shipbuilding. He also talked about the need for health care spending.
The hon. member should consider that the revenues coming into the government through income taxes, payroll taxes, et cetera, all go into the same pool of funds. The funds that Canadians contribute are available to take care of programs. Right now we are presenting a balanced budget. With that balanced budget the member is saying he wants $5 billion here, another $5 billion there, another $1 billion for shipbuilding and another amount, I do not know how much as he was not specific, on health care.
If those expenditures or tax reductions are to be delivered, the money has to come from somewhere. If the member is suggesting that there should have been another $5 billion to $15 billion expended in the budget for tax reduction, EI reduction, health care, et cetera, what would he cut year after year after year in order to fund those additional expenditures or tax reductions?