Mr. Speaker, aside from the unbalanced economic impact these cuts will have, the report also states that disproportionate job losses will rob opportunities from Atlantic Canadians and will weaken regional planning.
We know the Prime Minister once diagnosed the entire Atlantic region as having a culture of defeat. That is no bunk. However, by attacking youth, regional planning and the east coast economy, it is the Conservatives who have a defeatist attitude toward Atlantic Canada.
Why is the government abandoning east coast jobs and abandoning the Atlantic economy?