Mr. Speaker, I respect the hon. member's work and his insight.
To address the comments from the member across the floor, we had the best growth in the G7, 1.2 million net new jobs, tax-free savings accounts, the children's fitness tax credit, and a tax credit for arts, and we did all that with a balanced budget in the last budget.
We keep hearing about all the investment in infrastructure, but today during question period we heard that there is one project, one shovel in the ground.
There is nothing in this presentation today about rural Canada and about rural Canadian communities. I ask my colleague how devastating this announcement today, with the additional spending, will be for some of the rural communities across the country.