Madam Speaker, I am pleased to hear from the parliamentary secretary that there is a fund for rural, remote and northern regions.
The problem with federal funding is that it uses the same approach from coast to coast to coast, as they like to say. Every region has different needs, especially rural, remote and northern regions.
Will this funding take a one-size-fits-all approach, or will it be at least somewhat tailored to the circumstances of each region?
Will the regions be empowered to take charge of their destiny, influence the program content and have access to the types of funding they need from the different types of programs?