Mr. Speaker, I am appalled by the comments of the member who just spoke. He talked about charity to Atlantic Canada and before that he talked about history.
Perhaps the member needs a little lesson in history. Atlantic Canada was one of the most prosperous regions when Canada was built, at the time of Confederation. The Atlantic region helped Quebec open up its waters to the world, to the detriment of Atlantic Canada. It helped develop western Canadian agriculture, and we are here as Atlantic MPs listening to western MPs telling us that we are charity cases.