Mr. Speaker, I want to make clear to the House that no rules were broken on the application for transitional jobs funds in my riding.
I also want to make it clear that by implying that is so the hon. member is suggesting that the member for Kootenay—Columbia with an unemployment rate of 10.5% in his riding, who received $3.5 million to create 291 jobs in his riding, was breaking the rules. She is suggesting that the member for Okanagan—Shuswap with an unemployment rate of 10.5% in his riding, who received $800,000 for the creation of 46 jobs, was breaking the rules.
Perhaps the hon. member would like to turn around and talk to her own members about the importance of the transitional jobs fund.