Mr. Speaker, as December 10 represents the first opportunity for the finance minister to honour his party's election promises, the official opposition supports the people of Renfrew--Nipissing--Pembroke who look forward to seeing the Canadian Neutron Facility, which we were promised by his party's defeated candidate, finally become a reality.
We look forward to seeing some of the hundreds of millions of federal dollars that are being spent on highway construction in other provinces to be spent in Eastern Ontario and four-lane that section of the Trans-Canada Highway which runs from Arnprior to North Bay.
I continue to ask how many needless deaths must occur before the government takes notice and does something to end Highway 17's killer reputation. If the finance minister truly wants to be known as a man of his word who is above petty partisan politics, actions will speak louder than words.