Mr. Speaker, there is no mention of the regions in the Speech from the Throne. There are no longer any ministers for the regional economic development of Canada. Now the Liberals have the nerve to take the $15 billion that was allocated to the regions and put it into this future bank that will fund projects of only $100 million or more and will not be accessible to Canada's rural municipalities and regions.
In short, the government is saying goodbye to small and medium-sized municipalities and hello to Liberal Party cronies.
Is that how the Liberal Party plans to create jobs?