Citizenship and Immigration committee  When you look at New Brunswick, we do have a strong energy sector as well. We have a nuclear power plant. We have Coleson Cove, in the Saint John area.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There's also a plant in northern New Brunswick, in Belledune. There's our Mactaquac dam. I think if anything, New Brunswick, although we're small, has a very diverse energy sector in the province that provides many opportunities. Actually, we just said we're going to move forw

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There's a reason why you didn't win a seat in Atlantic Canada.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Just show a little more respect for our province.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There's a famous person who said that Atlantic Canada was defeatist.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That was your former boss.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would say there are jobs, but do I have a job for—?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Let's be realistic, if you have a Ph.D. in math, chances are there are not a thousand jobs available in New Brunswick.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't think I want to...maybe you can elaborate more on what punitive policies you're talking about.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would say that one thing we've seen in New Brunswick over the last several years is that they put all their eggs in one basket. I believe that New Brunswick has much more to offer and when you put all your eggs in one basket, you forget some other sectors are just as important.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  When we talk about—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I did not say that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  What I'm saying is that when we—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  What I'm saying is that over a number of years now the business community in New Brunswick is saying their number one challenge is the lack of a skilled workforce. And that's why we've talked about how we have to look at immigration as one those areas that can help New Brunswick.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think it's a collective effort; everybody has a role to play. I think this is what is going to make this pilot project work, and we're going to see some success. I know we in New Brunswick work tremendously hard to engage employers. We heard it throughout part of the conversati