Mr. Speaker, the NDP member's concern for the poor would be a lot more credible if he would actually do something to help them.
Our government, in spite of the NDP, has introduced many measures to help the poor. To help them get over the welfare wall there is the working income tax benefit. We have lowered taxes, taking one million Canadians off the tax roll, leaving more money in their pockets to spend. We have increased the guaranteed income supplement for seniors, not once, but twice.
If it were up to the NDP, 14,000 affordable housing projects would not be under way to help Canadians.