Mr. Speaker, I think the member is absolutely right. I do not think that we will see the end of this deficit within five years.
I have to say I very much welcome his opening remarks in which he said that he agreed with everything that I said in my remarks with respect to this budget.
I know that at this point in the debate we cannot engage in a back-and-forth, but I wonder if his colleagues, like him, find that almost everything I said about the budget is something that they can support and I wonder whether they will be standing with members of the NDP when it comes time to vote on this budget to actually stand up for their constituents, to stand up for the things with which he agrees, and join us in voting against this budget which clearly does not meet the needs of his community or my community.