Mr. Speaker, when the budget is balanced, family income splitting is not a bad idea. We certainly should look at that.
Here is what we will not do. We will not balance the budget on the backs of provinces, social programs, educational programs and the social transfers, like the Liberal government did when it balanced the budget. Not only did it balance it on the backs of those who were must vulnerable, it took about $50 billion from the EI fund to attempt to balance the budget. Anybody can balance the budget by doing those kinds of things.
We will not do that. We will do it through efficient, good management and will ensure that government operates as it should, where spending is reined under control.