Mr. Speaker, the hon. member's statement about how much the AIDA program has delivered already is incorrect.
To four provinces where the federal government delivers the program it is now well over $200 million. Last fall the hon. member's party said that it believed the emergency assistance could be delivered at a cost to the federal government of approximately $276 million. That is all it said was needed. We are putting in $900 million, over three times what it said was needed.