Mr. Speaker, what people will remember is that this government has given us its seventh deficit budget.
The best idea the Minister of Finance could come up with was to impose a $10-million tax on Canadian members of credit unions. That is indefensible. No wonder he ran off to Malaysia. Desjardins alone will have to pay $75 million, or 6% of its profits. That means members will get less back from their credit unions.
The Conservatives did their worst with workers' money, and now they are targeting a successful economic model that got its start in Quebec—