Mr. Speaker, it is my turn to thank my colleague from Trois-Rivières for his question.
As he said in the first part of his question, this is an election budget. I am pleased to hear that the NDP agrees. We should also mention that not only is this an election budget, but it also only helps the rich and the wealthy.
However, he alluded to our plan. The straight answer to his question is that there is nothing in this budget to stimulate economic growth. To that end, we are proposing measures that will give money back to the middle class. A number of retail companies have recently closed their doors because people have no money to spend.
Therefore, we are going to stimulate the economy in such a way as to ensure we have sustainable growth in Canada.