Mr. Speaker, it is great to see you again. I hope you had a great summer.
Today I rise on behalf of petitioners across the country, including petitioners from the riding of Kings—Hants, who are asking members of Parliament and ultimately the Government of Canada to consider revisiting federal assistance on the Atlantic Loop as part of a federal grant for the HVDC transmission line corridor between Quebec and Atlantic Canada. The petitioners note that premiers in Manitoba and Quebec and other communities have highlighted the importance of federal grants to upgrade transmission lines and would like to see the former Atlantic Loop loan revisited, perhaps as a grant for transmission upgrades in Atlantic Canada and Quebec.