Mr. Speaker, the hon. member says: "It is not working". He does not know. Like most things, he simply does not know. He is simply making it up and engaging in fiction, not fact.
We have example after example of people who have started their own businesses, been retrained for new occupations, have started projects to develop new resource conservation and have received mobility grants.
I challenge the hon. member to come with me to Atlantic Canada to talk to the people down there to find out just how well we are beginning to provide an alternative option for the people of Atlantic Canada.