Mr. Speaker, let me reply to the hon. member's intervention when he said: "I did not speak to the motion". I spoke to his motion. He said: "That the House condemns the government for its neglect of Labrador". The things I have outlined are exactly the things that the government has done for the people of Newfoundland and Labrador and the things we intend to do in the future. Therefore the first issue is false.
Second, the hon. member says that we are satisfied with the status quo. We are not satisfied with the status quo but we are certainly not satisfied with the approach of the Reform Party. It wishes to cut transfer payments even further. It wants to do away with regional and economic development.