Mr. Speaker, my colleague went through examples of what was missing from the budget. He can rest assured that what was written in the budget certainly reflects some of his concerns. If we turn to some of the action taken under environmental technology in our sustainable practices, some of the concerns he outlined in forestry or mining are addressed in the budget in dollar allocations regarding new technologies and new research and development.
As to the infrastructure program, it was a great success in my riding. Many of my constituents asked to support their concerns in Ottawa about the infrastructure program for firehalls, for example, as I have stated. We had built with the province and the municipality a health care centre which would not have been able to be built if we did not have that program.
It is a step in the right direction. Do we have all the dollars there that the member is asking for? I do not think so, but we are stepping in the right direction.