Madam Speaker, I to thank the parliamentary secretary for his less than insightful remarks. There is a saying back in Labrador, “It's no good to have education if you've got no common sense”.
I come from Labrador where communities range from a population of 10,000 down to around 35. They are in dire need of infrastructure. The turmoil across the country is affecting Labrador just like it is other Canadians.
The parliamentary secretary's minister has said that he will vote for a budget even though he has made mistakes. One of those mistakes is the methodology by which the government will transfer infrastructure money. All municipalities across the country agree the gas tax method is the best way to flow the funds.
Why not adopt this common sense approach to get more money into the hands of municipalities, communities like Pinware and Black Tickle that need water and sewer or places like Williams Harbour that need road connections? Why not flow the money down this avenue?