Mr. Speaker, the rampant inflation taking place right across the nation is something that I have missed. Interest rates are at an all-time low, certainly in my lifetime.
We have come forward with a comprehensive plan. One of the centrepieces of that plan is to protect those most vulnerable.
The last time Canada faced hard economic times, the previous government cut spending by literally $25 billion to Canada's important social programs.
Thanks to the leadership of the Minister of Finance, thanks to the leadership of this government, we not only kept our faith with health care and social spending, and transfers to the provinces, we have in fact increased them. That is good leadership to support the most vulnerable.