Mr. Speaker, at the beginning of his speech, the hon. member said that the previous government had restored the country's financial sovereignty.
I would like to ask him about the cost of restoring financial sovereignty. We know that unemployed workers paid a high price, as did older workers whose POWA program was cancelled, and that there has been a major increase in the fiscal deficit between the central government and the provinces, including Quebec.
I would therefore like to ask him how he can be proud of this record.