Mr. Speaker, I have explained to the House today the number of partners that supported these projects in a riding of high unemployment. I can only assume that members of the Reform Party just do not accept that there are areas of high unemployment, that they do not accept that the federal government has a role to play to ensure that Canadians in these areas have opportunities to find work. Reform Party members just do not agree with what Canadians believe to be the duty of the government. They want these areas to fester with levels of unemployment that we just will not accept.
In the House of Commons on December 16th, 1999. See this statement in context.