Mr. Speaker, we wonder if the Prime Minister is looking for a new title, maybe the patronage saint of Cape Breton. Or perhaps he wants to be the godfather of Atlantic Canada. We can read between the lines pretty easily. He is telling the people of Atlantic Canada, “This is the way it works. You do things my way or get nothing”. It is like a feudal lord flicking the crumbs off the table, asking people to stand and applaud and they get to eat a couple of them.
Why is he belittling the people of Atlantic Canada by saying that when something happens in Atlantic Canada, that it is just patronage at its best?