Mr. Speaker, I congratulate my hon. colleague on his re-election to the House.
Part of his party's election platform advocated $12 billion in spending cuts. I also remember that in the previous Parliament his party criticized the cuts to the GST.
My two-part question for the hon. member is very short and fairly simple.
First, does he still stand by his party's position that the GST is too low and should go back up to 7% to solve the fiscal stresses we have now?
Second, what specific programs does he suggest for the $12 billion in cuts that his leader campaigned for in the last federal election?