Mr. Chairman, I have great respect for the hon. minister.
Just last month while on a visit to Saint John, New Brunswick which is my riding, the Minister of Labour who is from Moncton stated on a local radio show that in order to get government contracts or grants or sponsorships the people had to elect a Liberal member of parliament and it would have been far better for my riding if the people wanted to get any contracts or any business whatsoever to have elected a Liberal member.
Does the minister agree with these types of comments? Is that the way the government functions, not for the whole of Canada when it is elected, not to do what is best for all of Canada, but just for the ridings that elect a Liberal member of parliament?