Mr. Speaker, all the initiatives he has spoken about have been steps in the right direction but a tortoise moving in the right direction on the autobahn is still road kill. The fact is, instead of leading through bold initiatives, tax reform and policies that would engage Canadians in a visionary approach to the problems facing Canadians, the government has taken an incrementalist approach that has largely gone unnoticed anywhere else in the world.
Three years ago I asked the Minister of Finance about the weak Canadian dollar and his response was that the fundamentals were strong. That is effectively what the member is saying here today. Since the Minister of Finance said in the House that the fundamentals were strong, the Canadian dollar has lost a further 8%. This year the Canadian dollar lost 11% against the Mexican peso, 4% against the British pound and 6% against the American dollar. The Liberals--