Hon. Jane Stewart (Minister of Human Resources Development, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, as we have indicated time and time again, if the hon. member would speak to his own colleagues he would see that the transitional jobs fund was a program that was made available for areas of high unemployment, including those represented by Reform members of parliament, those by the New Democrats, those by the Bloc, those by the Tories and, yes, those by this side.
L'hon. Jane Stewart (ministre du Développement des ressources humaines, Lib.): Monsieur le Président, nous l'avons dit et redit, et le député peut vérifier auprès de ses collègues, le Fonds transitoire pour la création d'emplois était un programme destiné aux régions où le taux de chômage est élevé, y compris des circonscriptions réformistes, néo-démocrates, bloquistes, conservatrices et, oui, libérales aussi.