Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel.
It is quite fortunate that I get to stand and speak after my colleague from the other side, the member for Cambridge, as we share the same region.
He made a comment that he spoke to the regional chairman and I did not. I do not know how he could make such a comment when the fact of the matter is I spoke to the regional chairman on Friday. Many of the people in the community, local politicians, federal politicians and provincial politicians were present. The reason we gathered at regional headquarters was the announcement that there is going to be an upgrade of highway 7 connecting Kitchener and Guelph. Of course the reason the hon. member on the other side was not there is that it was an announcement of provincial moneys by the provincial Liberal minister of transport with no help from the federal government.
I can tell the member once again that regional council--