Mr. Speaker, with respect to the budgeting process in Canada it is the most transparent and open process that exists. We implemented cross-country consultations where Canadians had the opportunity to come and present their views to the Standing Committee on Finance. The department and certainly this caucus reach out to talk to people. I do not know about members opposite.
Let me just give the House something that came out yesterday. This is a press release from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation which says that bracket creep is dead, taxes are coming down and the Minister of Finance listens to the people.
When the member opposite talks about transfers to the provinces and investments in health care, I do not know if he has forgotten already but he should recall that in the last budget the government made the largest single investment in health care that we have ever made of $11.5 billion. If we add the $2.5 billion in this year's budget, it fully restores and more the CHST levels from 1993 to an all time high of $30 billion. These are the facts. That includes tax points and cash. I would like the member to read the section on the transfers. It might inform him better.