Mr. Speaker, I again want to remind the member about the projects that are going on in his riding which he did not object to.
Nevertheless, this program is creating not 7,000 but some 100,000 jobs. That is only the beginning because it is attracting additional private sector investment into many communities and that will create at least twice as many jobs at the end of the day.
The money that is used for the federal portion as has been said time and time again because it is in the red book-have a look, it is on reallocation-is a matter of setting priorities and spending smarter. That is what we doing with the money we are putting into it.