Mr. Speaker, as a member of Parliament who is not from Ontario, I find this debate somewhat bizarre. We have a federal government attacking one of the provinces. It seems to me that a dispute which probably arose in the Ontario legislature has spilled over to this assembly. It has reached new lows in the last month. The premier of Ontario has been called the low man of Confederation, and the Minister of Finance, presumably speaking on behalf of the government, has said that Ontario is “the last place” that a person should look to for investment.
Therefore, my question to the member across is very simple. It should get a very simple answer. It has to do with the last statement I referred to made, by the Minister of Finance, which was that the province of Ontario is “the last place” that a person should look at for investment. Is the member in agreement with that statement? Is he prepared to tell the residents of Peterborough that he agrees with it?