Mr. Speaker, I understand that in every Liberal budget, there seems to be a line item for every issue facing our country. However, the Liberal approach fails to address the broader economic conditions that government programs, on a one-off basis, cannot address. We need a government right now that is going to address the overall productivity of the Canadian economy and the overall state of our economy so that the statistics I outlined related to business closures, business openings and the productivity crisis we face in our country are addressed.
We need to create an environment for the economy to thrive once again, and that will only come through broad-based tax measures, changes to the tax code and changes to the way the government treats the natural resource sector.