Madam Speaker, the hon. member raises an excellent point that I did not have time to mention in my presentation. As a matter of fact what we have here is regional inequality. If we are to give something to one part of the country, why on earth would we not give it to the rest of the family?
I have 17% unemployment in my home town of Prince George. We do not have access to a program like this one. If this program after evaluation has been determined to have some merit, to give it to one section of the country, one small section only, is basically saying to the rest of the country that it just does not count.
The Liberal government has been doing this to Canada as long as it has been in power, as have the Tories before it. It favours one part of the country over another. It has fostered in the nation everything that has given rise to differences, to dividing the country through its policies. It is about time the government started treating Canada like a family and treating everyone equally.