I know the member for Winnipeg North Centre finds the budget very difficult, but then I am not too sure whether there is anything we could do that would make the hon. member happy. However, those are the things we have to put up with.
I want to talk about health care, which is a real passion for the hon. member for Winnipeg North Centre. It is also one of my passions. I am very proud of the fact that the government has restored health care funding to the tune of $11.5 billion.
I am quite sure that if we asked any of the hon. member's New Democratic friends whether we would have come back with $11.5 billion, they would have said no. I am sure most New Democratic Party members, if they were honest and straightforward, would say thank you very much to the Minister of Finance and to the government. That is what Manitobans are saying.
I will quote a woman the hon. member for Winnipeg North Centre might even know, Lynda Kushnir Pekrul of the Canadian Nurses Association. I am sure the hon. member for Winnipeg North Centre would love to hear what this woman said. She said: “This budget is a victory for nurses”. Shall I repeat it again in case the hon. member for Winnipeg North Centre did not hear? This budget is a victory for nurses.