First of all, I wasn't aware it was single-industry towns, because as of yesterday—I made phone calls to the Province of Ontario—the negotiations continue. So whether or not the City of Thunder Bay will have some part of whatever this thing is at the end of the day is yet to be seen. The fact that we lost a $200 million payroll, 2,400 jobs.... If I'm going to have to say to the people in my community, “Somehow, at the federal level you don't count”, that's not going to work for me.
On March 12th, 2008. See this statement in context.