Mr. Speaker, I have to admit this is the most I have been up and down in a long time and I am enjoying the exercise in the House today.
In terms of how the programs that the government introduced have been responded to and have been received, I can say that the mayor of Port Alberni in British Columbia had the following to say this October about funding available through the community development trust:
We are really pleased to be receiving these funds. This will put some of the laid-off forest industry workers in our community to work at a good wage--
This applies to all regions of Canada. This applies to all workers. These programs are there to help the people of Canada and we are delivering them.