Madam Speaker, my answer will be very short. I have nothing against paying down the debt. The debt has gone down from 71% of GDP to 55% of GDP, as the parliamentary secretary said. It is going down very rapidly.
I am talking about balance. There will be a tax cut of $100 billion over five years. There will be $21 or $22 billion going to health care and social services over five years, and a big hunk of money going to the national debt.
If we look at any poll, Canadians have said overwhelmingly that there is not a balance and that more money should go to health care, education, social services, infrastructure and the farm crisis. In other words, it should go into a people's agenda. That is the only place where I differ from the parliamentary secretary. It is a matter of priorities and balance.