“I already told the member which sectors these workers come from. They are transportation, financial services, and agriculture. Swapping workers like this has been normal practice for over 50 years. It involves other levels of government, private businesses, and non-profits.”

“Mr. Speaker, I had the opportunity to have this conversation with our colleague on the other side last evening at the building Canada committee. She just asserted that we did not talk about which sectors these interchange employees come from. Last night I said, and I am happy to repeat it again, the transportation sector, financial services sectors and agriculture sectors. Many of these interchange positions, something that has existed in government for well over 50 years, include other orders of government, and they also allow public servants to work in the private sector and for non-profit organizations as well.”

“The Major Projects Office is creating thousands of jobs across the country. Conservatives should help us build jobs instead of pushing conspiracies and attacking the office.”

“Mr. Speaker, while the Conservatives want to think about conspiracy, what we do at the MPO is create jobs, like the 5,000 new jobs at Churchill Falls, the 8,000 new jobs at Contrecoeur, the 1,000 new jobs at Nouveau Monde Graphite, the 5,000 new jobs at LNG Canada and the 7,000 new jobs at Ksi Lisims. Instead of talking down the MPO, why do they not help us build jobs?”