Mr. Speaker, I welcome this motion on income inequality, a topic that our finance critic and Liberal members have been raising for several years now. It is very important for Canadians. It is very important for the quality of life of people at all income levels, so I thank the member for Parkdale—High Park.
I do note, though, that her party has chosen to add in a comment about recent Liberal governments. Presumably eight and a half years is considered recent. The NDP was not able to stop itself from taking a shot at the Liberal government that introduced so many things to reduce inequality.
I would like to point out the $40-billion health accord, the Kelowna accord to bring the level of accomplishment of first nations up to non-first nation communities, and the national child care program that she herself referred to in her speech. Does she believe that these programs were not directed toward reducing income inequality? Why would the member not at least have made her input to a clear motion that did not include a partisan shot?