Mr. Speaker, Winnipeg Centre is the third poorest riding in the country, yet we were told that we did not qualify for one cent of transitional jobs fund money.
Much wealthier ridings, like the one represented by the minister of HRDC, qualify for all kinds of TJF money even though her unemployment rate is half that of Winnipeg Centre. It is no wonder Canadians are cynical. It is no wonder they are calling the TJF the Liberal slush fund.
How is it that my riding at 13.7% unemployment qualifies for nothing and the minister's own riding at 7.6% gets millions and millions of dollars of transitional jobs fund money?