Mr. Speaker, after thousands of jobs were lost as a result of a decision by CN to streamline its operations, a decision that severely affected Montreal, this city now faces a decision by CP Rail to move its headquarters.
Since the federal government is responsible for a shift in railway operations towards Western Canada and it has done nothing to contain the negative impact of downsizing by CN and the CP headquarters move, what excuse does the minister responsible for regional development have for failing to deal with the major economic problems that have affected Montreal in the past two years?