Just to be clear, Madam Speaker, you are asking that of the hon. member of the Liberal Party not of the person who is speaking.
The former Conservative who crossed the floor agreed with the tax cuts then and agrees with the tax cuts now. It is the height of hypocrisy from the Liberal Party to use as a fig leaf this new notion that it is because there is a deficit. Last year the Liberals allowed the tax cuts to go through when we had the largest deficit in Canadian history. It is science fiction. They are making it up. They are pathetic hypocrites and they deserve to be denounced by all Canadians.