Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the member on his election to this place.
Let me start off by saying that we would not have done bigger, we would have done better. We would have, for example, created an income replacement program that rewarded people for going back to work rather than punishing them for it.
These guys created a program that kicked people off the CERB the second they earned a dollar more than $1,000. If a person commits the crime of working nine days for minimum wage, under the Liberal government he or she would be kicked from the CERB to the curb. How many people were prevented from getting back to work by that punitive, anti-work policy?
Then the government punished businesses for recuperating lost revenues by kicking them off rent and wage subsidies. All of that suppressed revenue and prevented our businesses and our workers from getting back on their feet. If it had been done differently, it would have significantly reduced the deficit cost.