Mr. Speaker, of course there is a role for government, as I and my colleagues have stated. That is why we are here. There is a role for government to lay the groundwork for the kind of economy that provides growth and opportunity for people, which is what it should be doing. It should be concentrating on those things it can do for the people of Labrador to exploit their opportunities and have real economic growth.
If the hon. member thinks the historic policies of the Liberal Party have genuinely levelled the playing field in Labrador or Atlantic Canada or some of our northern regions and made those places areas of hope, growth and opportunity, he is sadly mistaken about the economy of those regions and about the economic record of the Liberal Party.