Mr. Speaker, I enjoy the member very much, but the last member asked a very good question about dithering.
Why has the finance minister dithered with this budget so tragically by putting in things that have nothing to do with the economy, major things that I know he and every other parliamentarian, who would want to do their duty, would want to look at carefully over time through the established process?
There are things such as changes to the Navigable Waters Protection Act and changes to pay equity, which have tens of thousands, if not millions, of people upset. Changes to the Competition Act have the Canadian Chamber of Commerce upset. These are all things that were not instrumental in this recovery package.
I agree with him 100%. We have to get this money out as quickly as possible. I hope it has been a lesson learned from the past that the government will not put in these red herrings to slow down the process.