Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think we all recognize that, I certainly do. The concern raised by our colleague, and he raised it earlier in the House in 1996, that the reality is that the communities get the call letter asking what the priorities are in their constituencies, et cetera, and they assign the dollar amounts to it. That comes in through the committee system and the committee system massages it and gives advice to the government, based on what they believe is right and what they believe is wrong.

If there is, as my honourable colleague does imply, and I think there is, some truth to what he is saying, where he has a unique situation where there is an inordinate disparity between his riding and others. I have indicated to him in conversations that we need to sit down, identify what the priorities are, we have to consult with everybody, including myself, to find a mechanism to try to, perhaps through some redistribution, to try to accommodate some of the concerns of the Member.

Somebody has to put pen to paper and indicate to us what the priorities are.

I have already committed earlier this week to sitting down with his constituents in the not too distant future to try to work out what, if anything, we can do to provide him with more comfort, that his constituency is being treated fairly and that the inequities that are perceived are real and can be corrected. So there is the will there to try to make the adjustments and I look forward to future discussions with his constituency on this matter.