Mr. Speaker, the premiers of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador, both Progressive Conservative premiers, have been clear that this is a betrayal of their provinces. This is the breaking of a solemn promise by the Prime Minister, the same Prime Minister who destroyed the Kelowna accord, who ripped up agreements with all provinces and territories for early learning and child care, and who on a consistent basis does not seem to believe either in keeping his promises or respecting treaties and accords.
This is an accord between the federal government and the provincial governments of Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia. It is an accord that the provinces were counting on. It was going to make a fundamental change in the future of the region. In fact the member for Central Nova said:
This issue is of historic proportions for Atlantic Canada. In the past, we have seen attempts made to put forward what I would describe as “election amnesia”.
It would seem that this is what the Prime Minister is suffering from right now, a bad case of election amnesia, to quote the member for Central Nova.