Mr. Speaker, first I would like to assure the member that I have not been passed any notes by any officials of any department.
I would also like to take this opportunity to tell the member and all of my constituents that I actually wrote my own speech. I do not read speeches of the Department of Finance.
The important thing is when we talk about the budget that we also talk about the things we ask our constituents. In the economic update in November, the finance minister asked Canadians to join in the debate as to what to do with that surplus. What we are going to do with that surplus will determine the Canada of the future. That is what we did. We went out and sought Canadians' input, me in my riding. With all due respect to the member, whom I respect very highly, when she claims that we are trying to confuse people with tax points, she is trying to confuse people by saying tax points do not play a role. Where—