Mr. Speaker, I will split my time with the member for Acadie--Bathurst.
What we have before the House today is a motion that will crystallize debate before the budget the Minister of Finance will bring down next week. I point out at the outset that this year after the finance committee hearings we have a unique situation. We have the Alliance Party and the Conservative Party both making supplementary comments but agreeing with a majority report. Only the Bloc Quebecois and the NDP filed a minority report. In essence, we have a vision of three Conservative parties, the Alliance, the Liberals and the Conservatives, with the same vision--