Mr. Speaker, I think that is a fair question.
Our belief is that regional development programs have failed miserably. If they had worked people in Atlantic Canada would have all the jobs in the world, but they have not worked.
We take a different approach. We believe first that we should lower taxes across the country. In fact, our tax relief package would deliver over $1 billion in tax relief to Atlantic Canada every year. That would do a lot more for Atlantic Canada than a bunch of patronage programs which simply pass out pork to loyal party supporters of various political parties. It just has not worked in the past.
The second point we would make is the federal government has an important role to play judgment in ensuring that the transportation infrastructure of the country is in good shape. I think that Atlantic Canada of all places needs to have its infrastructure improved, not by giving it to Doug Young, not by giving hundreds of millions of dollars or $32 million to people like Doug Young, but to ensure that it goes to the—