Mr. Speaker, I listened with great interest to the speech by the member for Markham—Unionville. It is always fascinating to hear the member quoting himself, and I will come back to that at the end of my question. I would remind the hon. member that in quoting oneself, one needs to be a little cautious about having one's quotes maybe read back to him. We will see where that goes in a moment.
However, the member mentioned that the Liberals had put in place a contingency reserve. We have heard all kinds of numbers of what that was.
Could the hon. member for Markham—Unionville, who seems to know so much about a contingency reserve, please tell me exactly in which legislation that was put? I have been searching high and low and I cannot find it.
However, before he answers that question, let me read a quote, “The Conservative government is overstating the risks because many experts expect the Canadian economy to grow by up to 2.5 per cent this year”. That quote was on January 1, 2008. The hon. member told us how he had predicted two years ago that the entire world would into a recession. Could the hon. member please tell me who made that statement publicly?