I had a conversation with Wayne McNaughton, who's here with me this morning and who has experience in all of this, and he said the time for consultation is over. How many reports does government need before it acts? We all know, and we look to what's happening in Newfoundland and Quebec, and look at the Irish experience. Stop insulting us with consults and start acting. Government knows what to do, and it's doing the opposite.
There are lots of benchmarks in child care and early childhood education, in affordable housing and minimum wage. There doesn't seem to be any real integrity in the government approach to....
We respect everything the federal government does, we really do, and we're grateful for programs like the national child tax benefit. However, it's so minimal. Housing is a really good example of what this province does with the federal money. It's basically nothing.