Mr. Speaker, as we have indicated time and time again, if the hon. member would speak to his own colleagues he would see that the transitional jobs fund was a program that was made available for areas of high unemployment, including those represented by Reform members of parliament, those by the New Democrats, those by the Bloc, those by the Tories and, yes, those by this side.
The program was there to help individuals. It has done a good job of making sure that 30,000 men and women who were not employed before the introduction of this program now have gainful employment.