Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My question is for Mr. Dubé.
I know that in terms of immigration in Moncton from 1997 to 2001 there were 8.8 immigrants per 10,000 people, and for the period of 2007 to 2011 there were 37.5 immigrants per 10,000 people. That represents a 324% increase, yet the federal government's response—and I'd like to ask more generally about the federal government's role in infrastructure and culture and the effects of the cuts on Moncton—in 2012 was to close the regional immigration office, the CIC office in Moncton. Enterprise Greater Moncton's economic strategy and the comments you just made show that one of the priorities for promoting Moncton's economy is immigration, repatriation, and retention. Certainly the federal office could have had a role to play in that. Unfortunately, now it's closed.
Could I ask you more generally about the budget cuts and their effect on Moncton's economic development? Other than immigration, have you seen a loss of funding for culture, heritage, infrastructure, or other areas, and can you speak to the immigration issue?