Peggy Nash on Business of Supply

In the House of Commons on September 29th, 2011. See this statement in context.

Opposition Motion--Canadian EconomyBusiness of SupplyGovernment Orders

September 29th, 2011 / 4:05 p.m.

NDP

Peggy Nash NDP Parkdale—High Park, ON

Mr. Speaker, my colleague spoke earlier about the importance of infrastructure investment. He and I share neighbouring ridings.

Could the member explain how important it is to have infrastructure investment in shovel-ready projects, for example, on clean electric trains in our neighbourhoods so that we do not have diesel trains running throughout our communities?

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