Mr. Speaker, I warn the hon. member about the words “fiscal imbalance” when he is talking about the budget that has been proposed by the Conservative government.
If he takes a very close look at it, he will see that in the year coming up and the year that follows, there is very little put aside for fiscal prudence and very little put aside for a cushion. Where we had $8 billion to $10 billion of surpluses with which to adjust the fiscal imbalance, the government will have absolutely zero.
The Conservatives have about $600 million as a potential surplus next year and zero the year after. Even if the member could get the Conservatives to acknowledge that there is a fiscal imbalance and there are to be policies to address it, they will not have, I am afraid, any money to deal with it.
I would say to the hon. member that if there is not going to be any money to deal with the fiscal imbalance, I hope he will join our side to vote against the budget when the vote comes to the House.