Mr. Speaker, I listened carefully to my colleague's speech. I must say, he normally seems to be a reasonable person, but I am surprised to hear him in his speech today defend the government so staunchly. I am disappointed about that.
I would like to hear what he has to say about security. What does he think about the security of Canadians who will lose their jobs? What does he think about the EI surplus, that will reach $42 billion by the end of March 2002, and that the federal government and the Minister of Finance are using to gouge people, workers who lost their jobs, in order to balance the budget?
What does my colleague—normally a reasonable person, who is defending the government very passionately—think about this budget that offers absolutely nothing to workers who will lose their jobs?