Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is in British Columbia today to hand over $30 million to Ballard Power Systems in the hope that western Canadians will forget about the $87 million he gave to Bombardier.
It will take more than $30 million to even the score. Bombardier has just received an untendered contract from the Department of National Defence worth over $216 million.
Does the government really think that a $30 million grant in British Columbia will hide the fact that it gave another $216 million to Bombardier for the CF-18 maintenance contract?