Mr. Speaker, the truth is that the government was prepared to do absolutely nothing when facing the oncoming recession.
This is a government whose representatives stood in this House and said we were not even going to go into recession, that there would never be a deficit and that we would never have to take action whatsoever.
I remember when they said if the NDP had its way, we would have to invest up to $30 billion. The Minister of Finance said that.
Then faced with losing their own jobs, the government members finally decided they needed to do something about the jobs of others.