Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank the minister for being with us today. It's certainly informative.
I just want to concentrate a bit on the development agencies that have been announced. There's over $1 billion over five years for the new southern Ontario development agency that has been announced, and I'm sure that will help southern Ontario. That's a move in the right direction. There are a lot of opportunities that need to be taken advantage of, and they certainly do need that help. For the new northern development agency, I believe the amount is in the $50 million range.
FedNor, in northern Ontario, continues to exist, and the eastern Ontario development program. The last two are programs, and that's where I'm going with this. Northern and eastern Ontario are provided with a program, not the agency designation. This certainly gives me a message that it's almost as though they're second-class citizens as far as regional economic development goes. Why weren't northern Ontario and eastern Ontario given a designation of agency rather than program?
Could you be specific, Minister Clement, and tell me the amount that was given to each program and agency?