Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for his speech and for his participation in the finance committee.
I have a question relating to the aspirations of people in eastern Canada. In a sense, I think they are similar to those in western Canada in that we feel we are being taxed to death and the benefits that we get from the government on the other hand are being cut back or have been cut back. There is an inadequacy there and also a great deal of complaint about wasteful spending in government. I wonder whether he is hearing the same things in his riding as we hear out west.