Mr. Speaker, $1 billion for security. I just think of the economic stimulus we could have on other projects that we so rightly deserve.
The member talks about the economy and the need to stimulate the economy. This is a government that did not even believe we were going into an economic crisis. The member talks about job creation.
I have some projects here that were denied funding. The Gore Bay Airport in Gore Bay wanted $1.7 million to repave the airport that the federal government uses but the funding it was offered was pulled the next day. What a shame. Elliot Lake needed $15 million for a multiplex. It was told it would get the funding but the next day it was told that it would not, that a mistake had been made.
Here is the money that could be spent. Let us look at the township of Hornepayne. The Hornepayne town centre is about to close. It is the only high school in that community, with the only pool, the only restaurant and the only hotel. Funding to help it would be—