Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for the question. To be honest, it was an excellent one. Like he I expected my phone to be ringing on the budget. However I can honestly say it did not happen.
Last week we had an opportunity to be back in our constituencies. On Monday I had did an electronic town hall meeting specifically on the budget. The headline in the newspaper the next day was: "First attempt on an electronic town hall meeting" because we had done all the others personally "went very smoothly". There were many questions. Every person in the television studio was very positive about what the government had done in the budget and how it was done fairly and equitably right across Canada for all Canadians.
It was quite different from a radio interview I did on Friday morning. It was supposed to be on the budget. When I arrived at the radio station it was on Bill C-68 or gun control and I was facing a lawyer sitting there debating it from another perspective.
It showed the amount of negative concern there was toward the budget. I found out from my constituents exactly what the hon. member mentioned he heard from his constituents. It was accepted. It was supported. It was tough. It was fair but it was equitable.