Mr. Speaker, I have two quick questions, one on poverty and the other on going into deficit.
When this is such a wealthy country and in a great economic situation, why would there be nothing in the budget to deal with poverty? That is when a country helps those most in need, especially when we can afford to. We just had the Senate committee on poverty come to the Yukon and also Ken Dryden on his national poverty tour. All sorts of witnesses gave evidence of women's homelessness, aboriginal needs and homeless youth, all of whom could have been helped by one of the wealthiest countries on earth.
Second, the member said something very scary. He said that after the Liberals came to power and got rid of the huge deficit, this budget now puts us on a hairline very close to going into deficit again, which Canadians, after fighting their way out, do not want to do.