Mr. Speaker, I appreciated the words of the hon. member for Red Deer because he was right on.
The fact remains that there have been 30 or 40 years of laying on of debt in this country. First it was the Liberals and then the Conservatives, then back to the Liberals and then to the Conservatives. That is why the Reform Party was brought into being: because there was a constant demand that this be stopped. We were sent here to help get it stopped. I think the member would agree with that.
I would like the member to comment on something else. In 1993 the first budget reported that the government would deal with the one million children who were living in poverty. Does the member remember those speeches over the years? What is the latest one? The government is now saying that it will deal with poor children because there are over one million living in poverty. The government has not accomplished a thing.
How many things has the government promised it would do but has failed to do, and does not comply at all?