Madam Speaker, first I would like to point out to the hon. member that I am not his shadow. I think we do have an arrangement. It is called twinning. I am sure he understands what twinning is in political jargon, but I am not his shadow. I am not going to watch him very closely. But if I can help my fellow Liberals in his riding, one way or the other, I will do exactly that. That is what twinning is all about. It has nothing to do with shadowing.
With respect to the question on the budget, was Rome built in a night or a day? I do not think so. Was the economy rebuilt in a day? Did the budget cover every possible avenue? Did it cover every possible issue? No. There is always work to be done.
I am very aware of how controversial EI is, particularly in his part of the country. I know the intensity rule is under question, as are many aspects of EI. What do I say to my hon. friend? Keep on raising those questions. If we do not hear those questions from the member and his colleagues, we hear them all the time from Liberal members from Atlantic Canada. There is genuine concern about EI, as there is about a lot of the issues.
If the member wants to throw this into the budget process, we have done something that no other government has done in the past, which is to have very wide open budget consultations. In fact we are into the pre-budget consultations for 2000 right now. If the member has something to submit, I am sure the finance minister and the rest of us will be all ears.