Mr. Speaker, certainly keeping the borders open is a serious question. We would hope the minister would treat it as such.
The U.S. is spending $100 million for new security technology at their northern border. Meanwhile Canada's industry minister is trumpeting his ability to get a billion dollars out of his leadership rival's pocket for his pet Internet project, while downloading the border issue as an infrastructure problem that the provinces should solve.
Why does the industry minister insist on pursuing his pet project at the expense of securing freer trade for Canadians?