Mr. Speaker, I note that his leadership rival chose not to answer the question. He talks about productivity. Under this government productivity has fallen by seven points against the U.S. Personal disposable income has gone from 83% of U.S. levels to 55% of U.S. levels. Productivity is going down three times as quickly as it is in the United States.
How will a whole array of new Ottawa style bureaucratic spending programs solve this serious problem? Why does the government not get its priorities straight, listen to the business community and bring our taxes down so that our productivity and standard of living go up?