Madam Speaker, I am quite surprised by the hon. member's comments. As he knows, for the first time in history the government has held prebudget consultations for two years in a row. What better opportunity for Canadians to have their say and to have their input into what the budget says?
My constituents participated. I do not know if his constituents did. They came and said what they wanted. The majority of the things that were heard at the meetings of the past two years in my riding and in other ridings were reflected in the budget.
We have met deficit reduction targets. How many governments in the past, including the Tory cousins of the party opposite, have done that? They could not meet those targets in the last 10 years. I would like to think that we did exactly what we said we were going to do in the election campaign. We kept our promise. We said 3 per cent of GDP and we have gone beyond that.
Liberalism and multiculturalism make this country great. They make it what it is. I am glad to be Canadian. I am glad to be part of this party.