Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the hon. member here on our side of the House.
The headline in the Toronto Star reads, “PM's spending spree smacks of desperation”. The member made some very good points in terms of the kind of spending that has gone on. I would like the member to elaborate on a quote from today's Toronto Star which reads:
--the image is of a federal government creating new problems as it tries to buy its way out of trouble. And that, too, is reality.
That is a very serious statement. I would like the member to elaborate on that because it is causing new problems here in Canada.