Mr. Speaker, the member is talking about deficits with the authority of someone who is intimately acquainted with them.
In fact, it has been almost 150 years since the Conservatives posted a surplus. The Conservatives left us poorer and more in debt than when they came to power. Furthermore, they attacked supply management, which we are defending. They did not invest in most of the programs that my colleague mentioned today.
My colleague said that we must make more budget cuts, spend less and invest only if it does not create debt.
If he could go back to the Conservative Party's term in 2006, what would he do differently?