Mr. Speaker, a budget is important to everyone in this country. Households need to have budgets. Businesses need to have budgets. Local governments are forced to have budgets. A municipality in British Columbia has to work on its budget during the year and table it by the spring. The Community Charter forces local governments to do that.
As federal members, we need to be the leaders. I do not think anyone in this House believes that local governments should not table budgets. We need to act as responsible citizens because the same tax dollar is being spent locally and federally.