Mr. Speaker, the question was a little longer than requires a brief reply.
The point to be made is that every region in this country has equal treatment in this budget. There has been a tremendous effort on behalf of the finance department, the minister and the government to make certain every section of this country does have fair and equal treatment.
It is interesting that the member did note that they are losing transportation payments. She was very upset about that. I remember the Mulroney government which took the At and East bill and destroyed travel in the east, in Ontario and all through eastern Canada. I certainly saw it destroy the economy of this country.
Jeffrey Simpson, who is really no friend to the Liberal Party, did support the Tory government and stated very clearly that if Wilson and Mazankowski under the Mulroney government had taken some reasonable action about the economy of this country in the 1980s we would not be in the problem we are today. It is a sin we are here. They created it and they got ripped by the Canadian public for it.