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Wayne Long

Replying to Michael Chong (Conservative)
“Mr. Speaker, the net debt calculation the government used in its last budget is the IMF’s net debt calculation, which includes the Canada pension plan. I am sure that Canadians listening would not like to know that the government’s calculation involves using the assets of the Canada pension plan to offset its rapidly growing debt. The Prime Minister came to office with a much vaunted fiscal resume, and again I ask the question, will the government keep to the fiscal anchors it established in the last federal budget?”

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Mr. Speaker, when an economy is faced with challenges, we can do one of two things: We can blame everybody else and throw our hands up, or we can actually get down to building and to focusing on building a strong economy. We just hosted the Canada Investment Summit, where over half a billion dollars was pledged to build Canada strong. We are doubling non-U.S. exports at a pace not seen in decades. Foreign investment is coming into our country at a level not seen in decades also. We are focused on building a strong economy for Canadians—