Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, as I mentioned earlier in my brief remark to the capital budget of MACA, the Infrastructure committee had requested an additional $3.8 million in capital projects to be deferred from the MACA capital plan in the projects labelled as "unlabelled." There are three categories in the MACA plan: must-do projects; should-do projects; and, unlabelled projects. They are priorized with must-do and should-do being one and two, with three being the unlabelled projects. Mr. Chairman, my committee asked the Department of MACA, in that $7 million for the capital projects, could they find an additional $3.8 million. To my surprise and chagrin, Mr. Chairman, I see that those projects were not cut. I know $3.8 million is a lot of money, Mr. Chairman. I also realize that when these projects go ahead, they create jobs. It was very difficult for me, for example, to commit to that when I see a dump truck or a pick-up truck because they do create a lot of jobs in communities, of course, so I can't buy into that.

Mr. Chairman, my feeling has been from the beginning that we're going to sing from the same song sheet, we have the common agenda, the common touch, the common people, the collective of the board working here. My feeling is that I'd rather see $3.8 million taken out of capital projects than hearing on the radio today that $1 million has been cut from one of the hospital boards. Mr. Chairman, that's what I'm saying. I know that MACA has met its target in the Infrastructure committee but I am not prepared to sit here today and put $3.8 million in the capital project of MACA under unlabelled projects when we are cutting social assistance. I will not do that on the backs of the unemployed. That is my point, Mr. Chairman. I made it this morning in committee and I will make it in the House tomorrow, I will make it in the House today, or whenever.

If we're going to be serious about deficit reductions then we should go back and look at the projects that we need. My committee took this very seriously. Maybe someone else from the committee might want to speak to it. Like I said, I don't see the need for a lot of the things in unlabelled.