Mr. Speaker, I did not really understand his question. I think it was actually a statement. I will try to respond to it in any case.
This country's budget is currently $172 billion. This is what is projected for spending, in the big documents beside him. This has not decreased since 1993. I remember in 1994, this government's first budget, by the minister who will reappear tonight, was in the order of $160 billion.
This is not centuries ago. This was in late February of 1994. The total budget was $158 billion, $159 billion, $160 billion. It hit $172 billion. It has not decreased, it has increased.
Government spending has always increased, except that the public service was cut. They cut where it hurts: the poor, the penniless, the children, the sick and seniors. This is what the government does well.