Mr. Speaker, the Mulroney Conservatives did not get the job done to sell out Canada and this new, so-called reformed, Conservative government will get the job done.
I have a couple of questions for the member. First, let me clarify that we on this side are not portraying doom and gloom. On the contrary, what we are saying is that a policy that exists internationally should not be taken away because it would create a uncompetitive edge for Canadian companies.
The member for Peterborough said, “13 months ago we made a courageous decision”. I want to remind the hon. member that just over 13 months the Conservatives did make a courageous decision, a decision I agree with, that it would not touch income trusts for the sake of seniors and the companies. By this courageous decision, I guess he meant that they had to renege on that decision.
I and all other members in this chamber have received e-mails, letters and phone calls from seniors. What is he going to say to seniors on the incomes lost and the lifestyles they planned that have now been taken away from them?