Mr. Speaker, I am interested in the comments of the member about this being a budget. The bottom line is that this is a budget for people and it is very good for the people of her riding.
Some of the people in my riding of Dartmouth will benefit from this budget, there is no question. We do have some millionaires in the riding of Dartmouth and they will get an $8,000 tax break. But there are a lot of people in my riding who will not benefit from the budget and I am very concerned about those people. I am concerned about the fact that we have high levels of disabilities in my community, and Nova Scotia has the highest level in the country. In this budget there is $5 million earmarked for the disabled and that is an incredibly pitiful amount, given the state of disabilities in the country today.
I am also very concerned of the fact that there is no money for social housing. There is no money to go back into the EI fund which has been in fact robbed in order to allow the Minister of Finance his so-called health budget.
I would like to know how the member believes that this budget is reflecting the needs of the one million poor children in this country who received nothing whatsoever from the budget, not at all affected by the child tax credit. How is the budget good for these children?