Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his question. I guess the answer is very obvious. I have been saying all along that the minister should have been on the ground in Atlantic Canada three weeks ago, the day after the decision happened, so he could get a sense of what was happening.
I walked those streets for 42 years and I have never, ever sensed the tension that is in my part of the province. The hon. member for South Shore and my colleagues from New Brunswick tell me the same. The ministers should be on the ground. They should be talking to be people who have a chance of resolving the problem. They should show leadership and they should be there immediately to start working on it right away.