Mr. Speaker, I was intrigued by my colleague for St. John's West in his commentary about our previous finance minister and his track record.
It seems to me that I have a little longer memory of history. I remember a fellow by the name of Michael Wilson and I can remember a prime minister by the name of Mulroney, who continuously, from the time they were elected in 1984 and until 1993, overspent $40 billion a year, year after year.
Why did Paul Martin have to look at the books and straighten out some major problems? It has to be because--