Mr. Speaker, if we look at the tax relief in the budget for ordinary Canadians, there is not enough to pay for the rose that was in the finance minister's lapel.
For months the finance minister went around the country talking about the need to control spending. He even said in this budget that he promised in the future to look at up to $1 billion a year. It was nothing more than an attempt to whitewash the spending scandal swirling around the government.
After months of looking into this issue, why could the budget not identify one example of one program that will be reduced by one dollar?