Budget

March 12, 2010

Mr. Richard Harris (Cariboo—Prince George, CPC): Mr. Speaker, I am so happy that the member for Mississauga South ended on that note. He has been here as long as I have and he would remember very well when the former Liberal government under Prime Minister Chrétien decided to balance its budget and the first thing it did was slash $25 billion from transfers to the provinces in support of health care and social programs. The Liberals balanced their budget on the backs of the poor and the infirm, and they will never get rid of that shame. I am embarrassed that the member would stand up and act so sanctimonious after the devastating thing this his former prime minister and government did to the poor and infirm in this country. He should be ashamed of himself.

Out of the masses of people who said that this budget was a budget for our time and a budget that would help lead us out of the recession, it is amazing how the Liberals pick one person who opposed it as opposed to 25 who gave us rave reviews. I am surprised those members did not use the CBC as one of their supporters.

I would like to ask the member if he is prepared to go to the 14% of seniors who are income splitting and tell them that they do not deserve it? Is that what he is saying?