Mr. Speaker, I myself am originally from the Lower St. Lawrence region. This budget sets out significant investments to help businesses modernize and retain their workers, and to enable workers to retrain if necessary.
My colleague is making a heartfelt appeal, but I am certain that there are people from the Magdalen Islands who would have liked their MP to vote in favour of the budget in order to move forward with work on their airport. This is something they have been asking for for a long time. It is important to be consistent.
Yes, we will be there for workers, but we must also be there for businesses so that they can retain their employees in the long term and offer good long-term jobs.