En 1993, le livre rouge affirmait et je cite: «Depuis 1984, les conservateurs ont affaibli systématiquement la protection sociale[ . ]Ils ont amputé de milliards de dollars les soins de santé et les aides à l'enfance, aux personnes âgées et aux chômeurs.
In 1993, the red book stated, and I quote: ``Since 1984, the Tories have systematically weakened the social support network-Not only have they taken billions of dollars from health care and from programs that support children, seniors and people who have lost their jobs, but they have set us on a path to becoming a polarized society, divided into rich and poor, educated and uneducated, with a shrinking middle class.