Mr. Speaker, at the start of my hon. colleague's speech, he mentioned the former Bank of Canada governor talking about interest rates. As I understand it, the former governor of the Bank of Canada was more concerned about deflation and the impact on jobs.
Certainly the member had talked a lot about the debt being at formerly $700 billion and now $1.1 trillion. However, in the same breath, he also talked about businesses and the need to protect workers and employees. Would he not agree that the $400 billion that has been added to that debt has been focused on supporting Canadians to avoid the economic scarring of the economy? Will he admit that this is certainly what the government's focus has been since day one?