Mr. Speaker, at last, a serious question affecting all regions.
First, I congratulate my colleague on the excellent work he is doing for all the resource regions, especially in his riding.
Obviously, we at Canada Economic Development are concerned about the situation in his riding and throughout the Abitibi region. We are currently working with the Department of Natural Resources on finding other ways of improving our assistance, because we have developed a special $8.5 million initiative.
As for the highway of interest to the McWatters mine, the infrastructure Canada program is analysing the situation—