Madam Speaker, I heard reference from a member opposite about the need to tour the member's home province to inspect and understand a deficiency in infrastructure spending.
Is the parliamentary secretary aware that in the previous year the former government promised $1.5 billion in expenditures under the Canada build fund to Quebec, but according to records that have now been tabled with the House, zero dollars were actually signed in agreement?
In other words, the surplus that the Conservatives like to pretend happened within the six month period, is entirely predicated on large promises, in this case, $1.5 billion to the province of Quebec, but zero dollars in agreements of cost shared infrastructure programs, as they complain about unemployment. They spent zero dollars in Quebec last year.