Mr. Speaker, I could have gone further. I could have provided some statistics that show precisely that Montreal, which is represented by the secretary of state and member for Outremont, among others, does not get its fair share of goods and services from the federal government. We are talking here about productive spending, about federal spending that creates jobs. Quebec comes up short, on this score.
If the minister does not agree with these figures, let us hear him say so. These are the facts. The secretary of state responsible for the Canada economic development for Quebec regions agency, who is a member of parliament from Montreal, should be in a position to challenge what I am saying. I tell him not to start listing various small projects, but to look at the overall actual results and to assess them.