Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for the question.
In my previous answer I cited statistics that showed over 25,000 Atlantic Canadians are now engaged in programs. Let me now talk specifically about real issues.
There is a family in Newfoundland I receive correspondence from who have left the fishery. The father has now established himself through a nautical training program as a mate on the Irving Oil line. The grandson and their daughter, through training in electronics, have now become active workers in the local television company.
In North Sydney there is a group working on beachfront development under the green project.
Perhaps most directly, I received a letter from a gentleman in his mid-forties who has been illiterate since he started working in the fishery 20 years ago. For the first time he is able to write letters directly to his sons and daughters across Canada and communicate with them.
That shows the people in the Atlantic region are taking up the challenge and have the motivation to change their way of life and change their occupations.