Mr. Speaker, very quickly, because I do not have much time left, I think that as far as women are concerned, the budget is again a total loss. The government wants to apply the principle of family income to unemployment insurance and in so doing will put women at a disadvantage. The government transferred the equal opportunities for women program from the Department of Human Resources Development to the Department of Canadian Heritage, but funding was reduced. Since this was discretionary funding that could be used for political purposes, the program was transferred to the Department of Canadian Heritage. How much are they going to give?
The Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women, the only agency that did research on the status of women, was shut down. It is no more. So this government has chosen to ignore women, youth, the poor, the elderly, gays, and just about everyone, except the rich who line the party's coffers.