The member knows there is a lag in terms of when economic policy is implemented and it actually takes effect.
The fact is that the Liberal-NDP coalition set it up so that the Conservatives had a very difficult time in office. Operationally there was a surplus in terms of incoming money, but the problem was what I referred to earlier: the debt was so big at that time. The yearly payments to service that debt were so large that it caused an increase in the debt up to $400 billion.
Those members created the problem and they are making it worse with what they are doing right now.