Mr. Speaker, I myself met with the mayor of Saint-Jean to discuss this issue. My office has been in contact with him on several occasions. It is true that, on Saturday, we came to the conclusion that it would be useful to resume negotiations, since the chances were very good to finally conclude the negotiations on item 6 of the July 19 agreement, in order to make it possible for the college in Saint-Jean to keep operating as a civilian university.
Unfortunately, I learned just a few hours ago that, during a press conference, the Quebec minister, Ms. Beaudoin, who presumably was apprised of the letter faxed to her on Friday and of my press release, chose to misrepresent quite a few things.
In view of Ms. Beaudoin's position, I am no longer so sure that we can reach an agreement.