Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Justice is saying that Newfoundlanders and Labradorians are demanding a CETA “slush fund”. Now that is coming from the minister who used a military search and rescue helicopter to taxi him from a fishing trip. It is also not true. What my province deserves is a “transition” fund for “development and renewal”, because that is word for word what the trade minister's chief of staff and the Minister of State for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency promised my province.
Why will the minister not honour that promise?