Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the federal government had given us full confidence that the Primer Minister and, at that time the Minister of Finance, Paul Martin, and virtually every Cabinet Minister that we met over the course of the spring and summer were on side. To this day, even the officials continue to tell us that ours was one of the best proposals they received from right across this country. I think it sort of went downhill when Minister Allan Rock got the assignment, and it went from what is deemed a strategic investment fund to what we thought and we feared, which would be a political slush fund, one that is allocated based on per capita, which always is a great winner for Ontario and for Quebec, no matter the quality of their proposals.
Under Minister Rock, we have been given, instead of the $133 million that we had some confidence that we would get a substantial amount of, we have been reduced to have been told that we should be grateful for the $20 million that have been identified for us. We still have no idea yet whether that is over four years and what the conditions are for getting that money. So we are continuing to push the point with our Member of Parliament and to seek meetings with Ministers. We will be continuing to return to Ottawa to keep delivering our message the best we can. Thank you.