Finance committee  Yes. I agree that the government is not solely responsible for creating wealth. In my view, the government is a great wealth destroyer. If you're going to spend on new things or you're going to increase some programs, other things have to disappear. It's like a family's budget.

Finance committee  I believe that governments have to deal with things that are over longer periods of time. I appreciate the Bloc's recommendation of reducing the civil service by a third. Though that's not quite what you recommended, it's close. There are programs that make sense in terms of soc

Finance committee  Yes. First off, it wasn't the Liberals that drove to balanced financing. It was the Reform Party, sir. That's a key point. I agree that we're not at the point of German hyperinflation yet. As for the spending that is occurring, I agree that the different parties, Green, Liber

Finance committee  Thank you. There is no free lunch. Every dollar you spend means money that's going to have to be recouped through increased taxes or through the destruction of savings by inflation. There's no free lunch. I was born in 1950 in Canada. I have lived here all my life. I studied h