Mr. Speaker, over the last 14 years I have sat in the House and listened attentively to the New Democratic Party. I have taken care to listen to the New Democratic Party because quite frankly, I tend to be one of the farthest left in my party. It is no secret. I am a passionist, centralist, and interventionist.
Last night when I saw the New Democratic Party stand and applaud the Minister of Finance, I said to myself that the NDP caucus is true to form. It is high road. It is classy. It is constructive. However I do not know what happened after the NDP members left this Chamber last night because they began to trash the budget without any foundation at all.
I represent the poorest people in downtown Toronto. For the member of Parliament from the New Democratic Party to stand up and say that there is nothing in the budget for the homeless, for cities and that there is not enough for health care, for the environment, for children from low income families and the list goes on, shows that the New Democratic Party is now on a course of criticizing for the sake of criticizing and not one of being constructive.
The great Toronto area alone will get $800 million. How can she stand in the House and say nothing is happening for cities?