For sure, small-town Canada is being hit tremendously hard by these cuts. When you take federal jobs out of communities like Montague, Prince Edward Island, or Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, it has, as I said, a devastating effect on those local economies because there's a trickle-down effect. The coffee shop owners are going to be out of business within months when you take federal jobs out of communities like that. Store owners and service workers are going to be out of work due to these federal cuts. There's a tremendous trickle-down effect, especially in small-town Canada.
On October 22nd, 2012. See this statement in context.