Mr. Speaker, I listened very carefully to the member's comments. If I may quote him, to begin with he said that “the Liberal Party believes in nothing”. That is what the member for Outremont said. It seemed to me that he was Liberal bashing more than he was actually talking about the budget.
I would like to take this opportunity to inform the member of what the Liberal Party believes in.
First, the Liberal Party believed in the Romanow report. Not only did the Liberals meet the Romanow report in support of our health system, but according to Mr. Romanow the Liberals exceeded what the report requested.
The Liberals believed in the Kelowna accord.
The Liberals believed in the Atlantic accord.
The Liberals believed in supporting our cities with billions of dollars of transfers.
The Liberals also believed in the lumber industry. The member for Burnaby—New Westminster was there when I chaired the committee that the Liberal government was supporting, so I do not know what the member is referring to.
We also believed in the NDP--