Mr. Speaker, the hockey fans and businesses in Winnipeg deserve a great deal of credit. They have come together and are well on their way to keeping the Jets in Winnipeg and in Canada.
What I have to question, however, is why infrastructure money is being used to build luxury boxes and to subsidize a professional hockey team. This program was supposed to improve sewer systems and make Canadian highways safer. Instead, it is going toward boccie courts, the Calgary Saddledome millionaire club, and the Peter Pocklington bottom line. The infrastructure program is a failure.
How does the Deputy Prime Minister justify Manitoba's reallocation of infrastructure funding?