Madam Speaker, I would like to congratulate the member for Guelph-Wellington on her speech and ask her a question.
The question relates to the interest costs to service the debt which the Reform Party believes to be the major problem facing the country, with the deficit a contributing factor. Last year's interest costs are going to be in excess of $40 billion. At the end of two years interest costs are going to rise to over $50 billion.
How does the member for Guelph-Wellington propose to face her constituents and tell them that she will solve the rising interest cost problem by cutting program spending equal to the rise in interest costs? How she will resolve those two sides of the equation that have nothing to do with compassion but have a lot to do with responsible government?
It is totally irresponsible to face your constituents, telling them the deficit is the only problem and by lowering the deficit the problem will be solved. How she will reconcile the rise in interest costs from $40 billion today to $51 billion tomorrow? All the sacrifices to come eventually in her riding will have to be to just service the debt.