Mr. Speaker, as the member knows the entire question of grants and subsidies to business is under review. We have severely cut back already. A number of the regional agencies have gone to loans and no more grants.
The member however will also recognize that the way the federal government carries its accounts a number of matters appear under grants or subsidies to business which of course involve agriculture and transportation or certain corporations having to do with access to foreign markets.
The basic concept that the government should get out of the way and let business do its job, which is to create jobs, provided this country essentially has a structure that will let them do so is one we share.