Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to direct my question and comments to the hon. member who recycles speeches on the budget.
I will first remind him of a few statistics, then I will have a very simple question to ask him.
According to the National Council of Welfare, there were 900,000 children living in poverty in 1989. When the Liberals took office in 1993, there were 1.4 million of them. In 1996, after three years of Liberal government, the number had risen to 1.5 million.
I need not read today's motion over, but I listened carefully to what the hon. member said and I do not think he got the point. So, my simple question is the following. What should we be discussing in this House today?