Mr. Speaker, the member's comments with regard to tax impacts on or benefits to single parent families are important. He said that the budget did nothing, but when I looked back over what happened in this budget and in the prior budget I saw that the child care expense deduction was increased from $5,000 to $7,000 for those who have preschool children. I saw that the basic personal amount under the non-refundable tax credits was increased by $675. I also saw the announcement of another $1.7 billion to the Canada child tax benefit, which benefits primarily low income Canadians.
Would the member try to reconcile all of those direct benefits to low income parents, in particular single income parents, with his statement that the budget did nothing for them?