Mr. Speaker, I will make a brief comment. The member said that all the groups were in favour of the budget, but the president of Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters said:
We received recycled ideas and pocket change at a critical time when we needed tangible solutions.
The executive director of the Cooperative Housing Federation said:
Unfortunately, the federal government's budget failed to deliver on affordable housing for the millions of Canadians living in core housing need.
RBC Financial Group said that this is more about optics than substance.
John Williamson of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation said that this is a spendthrift government.
I have a great deal of respect for the member. I think he is an excellent member. I would like him to keep up the integrity that he always shows. I would ask him to apologize to those organizations when he said that all organizations were complimentary and in favour of the budget.