Mr. Speaker, I share my learned friend's skepticism.
The history of government intervention in the market is very clear for all to read. It is not a question of subjective interpretation. We only need look in this country at those regions and those industries which have been most heavily subsidized and what has happened to their economic prospects. We only need look at those countries abroad which have the highest degree of government intervention and what has happened to their growth and standard of living. It is an empirical fact that freedom and free markets create a more efficient allocation of resources to raise people's standard of living than governments and bureaucrats taking that power upon themselves.