Mr. Speaker, I commend my Conservative colleague. If that is the Conservatives' intention, they will have to prove it.
They could eliminate tax havens. This would help more than cutting funding to groups who need it.
They could stop looting the employment insurance fund like their predecessors did. Since they have been in power, the Conservatives have taken $2 billion from the employment insurance fund. This money comes from employee and employer contributions and the government used it to pay down part of the debt.
By adopting this new attitude they would get to the heart of the problem. They would be taking money and giving it to those who deserve it.
By eliminating tax havens—it was even a campaign issue in the last two federal elections—they would not have to cut assistance to those who need it. Instead they would be taking money from those who do not deserve it.