Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about the closure of the depot in my riding.
I want to thank the Minister of National Defence for giving the group from Moncton a chance to make their pitch to keep the depot.
Moncton has been hard hit with the closure of the CNR shops, the base and the loss of thousands of jobs. Therefore it is important that we maintain the depot in Moncton.
I believe the group got its points across. There is economic value in having the depot maintained in Moncton with its strategic location between Halifax and Gagetown.
I am sure the minister will take cognizance of all the information that was given to him, particularly the hard working labour force, the bilingual labour force and the efficient labour force that exists at that depot.