The Liberal party has been in power throughout this entire scandalous affair. And Mr. Martin, to my knowledge, has been a very senior Liberal.

You don't have to choose, on the one hand, a party that you really don't respect because they haven't delivered and they have this culture of entitlement. And then there's the other party whose ideas you don't agree with,

There is a culture in the Liberal party that is unacceptable in a democracy,

This is not a budget that the New Democratic Party will be able to support.

When you bring good ideas forward in the context of a Parliament where no one party has been given the absolute authority to proceed, then you roll up your sleeves, you discuss, you negotiate.

How can this Parliament continue under the leadership of a Liberal Party whose ethical conduct voters deserve to judge and a Liberal Party that once worked with New Democrats to build medicare and now flatly rejects rules to protect that achievement?