Mr. Speaker, as this House nears summer recess I am happy to bring more good news.
On the national infrastructure program, we have reached the $2.3 billion mark and by the end of this month we will have reached the half-way point of the $6 billion program that we initiated just some seven and one half months ago.
I was asked about jobs. To date we have created over 36,000 jobs, over 2,300 of those being long term. We are well on the path toward the 90,000 jobs that I have announced to this House before that we would be creating in this program.
This program is hoping to attract new investment into our community.