Madam Speaker, it was interesting to listen to my colleague from Edmonton talk about what the Conservatives have lowered. However, what he did not say was what they had raised.
The people of Ontario and B.C. are not very happy with the HST. Billions of dollars came from the Government of Canada to help bribe Ontario and B.C. into implementing the HST, which the citizens of those provinces were not very happy with.
Being from Alberta, I keep hearing that my hon. colleague is called a “pistol” Conservative, although I have never truly met one yet. However, I would like him to stand in this place and say very clearly that since his party has been in power it has added $100 billion to the national debt. We have the largest deficit of all time facing us. Even the Parliamentary Budget Officer, someone the Conservatives employed, said that we now have a structural deficit. Does the member agree? Do we have a structural deficit?
Could the member outline how the government plans to lower the debt and deficit without using the backs of the provinces or ordinary Canadians to do it?