Thank you, Chair.
Before I cede my time to MP Morrice, I just would say that partnerships can be challenging. Partnerships can be difficult at times. For the leader of the party opposite, the leader of the official opposition, to basically imply that mayors across this country are incompetent is not a way to build partnerships.
In the House yesterday, I asked a question about the housing accelerator fund with respect to my city of Saint John. The leader of the opposition came back and basically said that he didn't know who my mayor was, despite the fact that he's been in Saint John four times over the last eight months. I find it hard to believe he wouldn't know who Donna Noade Reardon, the mayor of Saint John, is, but he didn't.
Again, I think leadership works with all levels of government and doesn't insinuate that mayors are incompetent across this country.
I'd like to cede my time to MP Morrice.
Thank you.