Mr. Speaker, it really does no good for the hon. member to engage in this kind of fearmongering about the Canadian economy. Canadians understand that there are problems. They understand that there are problems outside their borders and they understand that they impact upon them, but they also know that they are doing better than most other countries. They also know that our disposable income has just achieved an all time high.
The resilience of Canadians is now being seen in the way we are reacting to the slowdown and Canadians are not going to allow the Reform Party, the Alliance, to put them down.