Mr. Speaker, after a very successful federal council meeting of the federal NDP held in Montreal this weekend, I am proud to say that we are the first federal party to retire our election debt, and not by borrowing from riding associations, as was done by the Canadian Alliance. Our debt is put to bed and we are ready to go.
We are ready to tell the Canadian people that there is a real alternative to the Liberal-Alliance agenda that has harmed so many people. We have put our fiscal house in order and, with our new leader, Jack Layton, we are on the move. We know that investing in our local communities, stopping the privatization of health care and standing up for the environment are the real priorities of Canadians, not fighting an illegal and unnecessary war.
We know where Canadians are at. We are there with them and we are ready to go.