Mr. Speaker, one of the things that concern me about this budget is the sheer amount of additional debt it is going to put on Canadians and future generations.
The comment I have for my colleague is this: Right now, Canadian taxpayers are paying approximately $55 billion in interest on the current national debt. Now there is an additional $80 billion being added to that. More money goes, on an annual basis, to pay the interest than it does to health care for our provinces and territories.
Could the member comment on the challenge we have when we are paying more in interest than we are sending to support health care for our provinces and territories?