Mr. Speaker, we are talking about a free ride for the banks, not small business.
The auditor general found that the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is mathematically challenged as well. ACOA apparently cannot count how many jobs it has created and maintained either. Instead it has fun with figures by assuming incredibly that each job lasts 10 years.
Will the minister responsible for ACOA stop boasting about assumed jobs and start working with Atlantic Canadians to set targets and achieve targets for an increase in real desperately needed jobs.