Thank you, Mr. Chair.
You have the text of the bill. The clause in question defines the powers and the mission of the National Capital Commission. The clause seeks to specify the National Capital Commission's role in transportation. Our amendment seeks to take this role away from the National Capital Commission. Let me explain why.
The Constitution defines the role of each of the levels of government. Under this sharing of legislative power, the Bloc Québécois feels that road construction and upkeep, as well as public transportation, is a provincial matter. In our opinion, therefore, it is quite unacceptable at this table that the representatives of political parties that have all voted to recognize Quebec as a nation should seek to hand over powers that rightly belong to Quebec to a federal body like the National Capital Commission.
Developing its territory is a matter for the government of Quebec and must remain so, even in a border region like the Outaouais. That is the spirit of our amendment, Mr. Chair.