Mr. Speaker, it has been two weeks now since the Minister of Finance presented his budget. I appreciate the opportunity to reflect on it and to share some of the views of my constituents after having two weeks to consider its implications.
The people of London-Middlesex have been very congratulatory toward the Minister of Finance. Despite the remarks of some members in the opposition they are very pleased the minister actually met the deficit targets he had set. There may be debate about those targets but he announced the targets and actually met them. He is the first minister to do so in years. This was very positively received by my constituents.