Mr. Speaker, I too would like to congratulate the member on his presentation here today.
Could he contrast what we are doing during these difficult times with what occurred about 10 or 15 years ago, between 1993 and 1996, when the country experienced a downtown and the federal government dealt with deficit times? Could he contrast the differences in approach to health care spending, to social transfer payments, to the writing down of assets, to the employment insurance fund, and to many areas of our relationships with the municipalities and provinces, including the many municipalities that have been asking us outright for many dollars and are prepared and anxious to partner with us in the delivery of those things?