Mr. Speaker, we will have to agree to disagree.
The member can reference whatever he wants, but at the end of the day, there is enough in this budget that does support what he is asking us to support.
If we look at the importance of infrastructure, whether it is public transit or social housing, these are issues we have never before seen a government make such a commitment to, in terms of real dollars and working with different levels of government, to make things happen.
Contrast that to what we saw before we formed government. The Conservatives would talk about money, but they never delivered on the money.
In a relatively short period of time, the Liberal government has actually been able to advance the file to the degree that not only are we seeing record highs in infrastructure dollars being committed but we are also starting to see some of that money already being spent.
The NDP's promise last time around was that it was going to have a balanced budget. That was its primary promise.
I would suggest that none of these things would be possible if it were not for Canadians agreeing with the Liberal government's approach in using taxpayers' dollars and having a more robust approach to dealing with Canada's economy.