We have some of the highest unemployment rates in the country, especially among tradespeople. We have huge opportunities there to go and get that construction.
I'm also wondering about Atlantic Canada and Nova Scotia. We've seen a launch pad being used there—for skyrocketing costs, if you ask me. I have a launch pad in my riding as well, in St. Lawrence. I'm curious as to why the Department of National Defence didn't use that launch pad, especially considering that it put $8.3 million of government funding into the one in my riding.
Why didn't we use that launch pad for free rather than spending over $200 million for a spaceport in Nova Scotia?