Mr. Speaker, about three weeks ago, 100 economists came out with a proposal that we stimulate the economy through the kind of plan I am advocating today. The money is there. The federal government last year for example put $17 billion on the national debt. It has a plan to cut taxes by $100 billion. It is a matter of priorities. It is matter of balance.
A lot of people in the country feel that 1% of our GDP is not too much to spend in terms of creating jobs and stimulating the economy. The parliamentary secretary is the economist in the House. Much of that money comes back to the federal government anyway in terms of the increased economic activity, in terms of increased taxes for the federal government, less money going into EI, less money transferred to the provinces in terms of social assistance and welfare.
A lot of economists feel this way. The parliamentary secretary was at all of those parliamentary hearings too. He knows that the people coming before the committee say that we have to once again rebuild the human infrastructure, address the human deficit. I do not think $10 billion is too much for that. It is a matter of priorities.