In Quebec and in Canada, unemployed workers and families struggling to make ends meet will suffer even more as a result of the Finance Minister's budget. Moreover, I would add that the Minister of Finance was not being completely truthful yesterday in so far as Canadian economic policy is concerned when he stated with a straight face and without encountering any opposition that his government, the Canadian government, was very proud of the fact that since October 26, it had followed through on its election platform as set out in the red book.
J'ajouterais que le ministre des Finances, hier, n'a pas tout à fait dit la vérité non plus en ce qui a trait à la politique économique canadienne lorsqu'il a affirmé, sans sourire, sans coup férir, que le gouvernement canadien, son gouvernement, était très fier parce que, depuis le 26 octobre, il avait appliqué à la lettre son programme électoral contenu dans le Red Book.