Madam Speaker, I worked with people who are deaf, deafened and hard of hearing before coming into Parliament. There are certain acoustic weaknesses in the House of Commons, and one of them is that when people are talking under this roof, the sound carries quite heavily.
During COVID, the NDP provided a lot of supports. Members will recall that subsequent to that, whether talking about dental health, pharmacare, affordable housing or the red dress alert, we were ensuring that unionized people who go on strike are not undermined by replacement workers with the anti-scab legislation. The NDP did all of those things that made a real difference in the quality of life for people, particularly when we talk about dental care. This is a reality that is, effectively, changing the lives of so many Canadians.
A million Canadians, mainly seniors at this point, have already benefited from the NDP's dental care program. That means each and every Conservative MP, on average, has 3,000 or 3,200 people in their ridings who have benefited from the NDP dental care program. Members will recall that the Conservative members absolutely refused to adopt this. They were kicking and screaming to make sure they could block it at every opportunity. The NDP succeeded, procedurally, in getting dental care and pharmacare through, ensuring that people in the Conservatives' ridings, including in Barrie—Innisfil, benefit from what the NDP has succeeded in doing. Thousands of people in every single Conservative riding have benefited from the NDP's work.
We are not expecting Conservative MPs to thank New Democrats for helping their constituents when they refused to. However, it is important that, with this bill now, given how Conservatives acted in the past, blocking everything that benefits people—