Mr. Speaker, as the hon. member has indicated, projects of this nature keep money within our communities and they do generate economic activity. I believe I did cover that point in my comments by mentioning that for this very reason we support the project.
We also have to look at priorities in terms of our communities. We have to use the same kind of energy and enthusiasm to tackle some of the problems which are very evident in our society such as the homeless, the lack of opportunities for some of our young people and the concerns they have around education and so forth.
I am not disagreeing with the member's comments. They are well taken. We did touch upon that and we do agree with that.