Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for his speech. He mentioned that his constituents are asking for health care, security, tax cuts and something to make sure we do not have a deficit.
I think the hon. member missed the speech yesterday because obviously from his comments he did not understand that in this budget, as in previous budgets and in this fiscal year, the Government of Canada had to book all those commitments we made last year for health care. Therefore, in fact, we are spending more dollars on health care, we are putting dollars toward security, we are giving Canadians tax cuts this year and we are dealing with the deficit.
I agree with the hon. member that this is in fact what Canadians are saying, not only in his riding but also in my riding. In fact we are funding an extra $23.4 billion in health care. I think that is important. Those dollars go to, for instance, my province of Ontario. Is the hon. member not aware that this year alone the Government of Canada gave $2.8 billion extra for health care? A lot of that is going into my province. Hopefully the other provinces and the other ministers of finance will match those sorts of increases that the Government of Canada--