Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for Acadie—Bathurst for his comments.
It is true that the consequences of the decisions of the last decade have ended up on the backs of ordinary Canadians. The hon. member described the impact on the constituents of New Brunswick, and the fact that such a high proportion of them are now having to live in poverty. This is a direct result from the decisions that were made that created the fiscal imbalance, the decisions to shift the resources that belong to Canadians to those who already have, the people at the top, to take it from employment insurance, out of programs that Canadians relied on, out of support that should have been there, and put it on the backs of--