As you said, Mr. Speaker, I am glad that people have an opportunity to express themselves freely because I think the more the member for Elk Island expresses himself freely the more we come to understand the Alliance position on equalization.
I think most Canadians would find what the member just offered, a very odd critique of equalization. I am glad he had the opportunity to clarify because it reinforced the point that I made. I do not understand how someone can construe equalization as poor people in rich provinces subsidizing rich people in have not provinces. I also do not think a lot of other Canadians understand it.
I do not think one has to be a socialist to object to what the hon. member is saying. There are people here who probably would not call themselves socialists but who find the logic of the hon. member to be somewhat odd.