Mr. Speaker, I forgot to say in my speech that in the point that raised by the hon. member, the reference was to Chatham, New Brunswick.
We made the announcement that there would be some work done in Chatham, because closing that base was more difficult than anywhere else in Canada, but he again forgot to say, and it is only normal that he should forget, that in our announcement we also said that most of the armoured personnel carriers would be repaired, restored and overhauled in the National Defence workshops in East Montreal.
In other words, he talks about the small benefit of 270 person years and about $50 million that is going to Chatham, New Brunswick. However he does not talk about the $400 million and all the jobs that are going to be preserved in the east end of Montreal. The people in the east end of Montreal knew what defence did. When the votes came in on referendum night we saw that the no vote was strong in the east end of Montreal, contrary to the predictions made by the hon. member's party.
We have a good story to tell. I only hope that in the future the hon. member will admit to some of the great things we are doing in Quebec, such as continuing the very competent workshop in the east end of Montreal and the preservation of all those jobs.