Mr. Speaker, I listened with keen interest to the hon. member's presentation. I congratulate her on her first speech in the House of Commons.
It is quite interesting that she talked about seven surpluses. I have been in the House for that period of time. She said it was prudent planning but it was actually foolish planning. The government kept cutting money from where it was supposed to go. It kept raising taxes. If the government wanted to raise taxes by 6%, it actually raised them by 3% and then claimed there was a 3% tax cut. Those surpluses have been done on the backs of Canadians. Canadians have been sacrificing. That is not prudent management.
Let us look at what has happened. There is a crisis in the health care system. That is why the government had to give money for health care. There is a crisis in our cities with regard to their infrastructure. That is why the government is now planning to give them fuel tax rebates. Let us look at our military. The member said that the government is planning to invest more in the military.
It is the same government that has been in power since 1993. It is the same finance minister. The member cannot say there is no connection between that finance minister and the government. The government's record is not as good as she wanted to make it look in her speech.