Mr. Speaker, we are certainly in agreement that what is required is local solutions to a problem which has existed for a great length of time.
Going back to the point when the Lester B. Pearson's government looked at Cape Breton, it said it would continue to work with Cape Bretoners until it was successful in growing some new economic roots after coal mining was no longer an option.
Quite frankly everybody that has been speaking today has been saying that we want local solutions. There are local solutions. There are fabulous community development efforts and thinkers who are there right now willing to take the ball and run. However, they need a credible, decent amount of money and investment on the part of the government which committed long ago to this very effort.
We are simply asking for the government to keep its commitment to the people of Cape Breton which was started many years ago with Lester Pearson.