Mr. Speaker, the fact is that of course they did. Much of the $750 million that went into the Canada Foundation for Innovation will go to the environment. Much of the funding that went into Genome Canada will deal with the health of Canadians. This was all money that came out of that year end surplus.
I remind the hon. member that as a result of the paydown of $33 billion of debt, $2 billion will accrue to Canadians every year, which they can invest in health care, in education and in the environment.
I also remind the hon. member that it was Tommy Douglas who said that the state should not be beholden to the bondholders. She might well reread what Tommy Douglas had to say.