Mr. Speaker, I do not know what the hon. member has been doing in the House for the past number of years, but if we look at the initiatives on the part of the government with respect to children, I do not think we need to stand down to anyone. Two billion dollars as a Canada child tax benefit is a huge amount of money by anyone's standards.
To speak to the member's issue with respect to child care, the money was put on the table for the provinces to pick up and the provinces chose not to pick the money up. Those are initiatives in extreme circumstances that the government was experiencing with respect to its financial position.