Mr. Speaker, the NDP are contemplating new demands to present to the government in return for propping it up. Its members must have been reading press clippings from 1973 when the minority Liberal government survived only by catering to NDP demands which included a freeze on Canadian oil prices and the creation of the national energy program.
The NEP froze oil prices and taxed oil exports from western Canada to subsidize imported oil used in eastern Canada. Then NDP leader David Lewis called these measures “a victory beyond my expectations”.
The NEP was a disaster for western Canada and the NDP influence started explosive federal spending and deficits which lasted for 20 years.
The tax and spend NDP are once again making deals with the devil. Canadians should hold on to their wallets.