Mr. Speaker, over 250 people from the Matapédia RCM got together at a forum on economic recovery and job creation.
I wish to congratulate Claude Jacques, the forum's president, for targeting economic problems and encouraging 13 workshop leaders to present concrete solutions to job creation.
In the Matapédia RCM, gloom is giving way to action.
The residents of the Matapédia valley have decided to rely on ingenuity, inventiveness and steadfast solidarity.
Many young entrepreneurs are urging us to focus on the year 2000, on new challenges. The future belongs to the bold.
The people of the Matapédia valley are taking the challenge.