Mr. Speaker, I commend my hon. colleague for her very important remarks concerning the budget.
One important point that she raised with respect to the budget was, as a measurement, one should ask the question: Does it seek to improve the lives of Canadians? I think that is a very important point. We know that over the past number of years the government has been taking a very close look at equal pay for work of equal value. There have been a lot of studies and negotiations and a decision was rendered in terms of certain occupational categories to show that the people in those categories were not being paid properly and yet the government insists on not correcting that situation.
I did not see anything in the budget which would work toward improving the lives of those Canadians who have been underpaid, a lot of them female in a lot of the categories. I did not see anything in the budget that would help to improve the lives of those Canadians.
Would the hon. member care to comment on my observations in that regard?