Mr. Speaker, enough with the completely lame answers. That makes no sense.
Not only has the Quebec economic development program lost 27% of its funding, but the business development program of the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario has lost 15% of its funding.
The government must understand that it has a very poor economic track record. Last year the Lower St. Lawrence lost 14,000 jobs in the retail sector alone. It seems that the government wants to make things worse with these cuts.
Does the minister realize that our regions need help and that these cuts will result in job losses for families and the middle class?