Mr. Speaker, the closing of the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean announced by the
government has triggered a growing opposition. The authorities, the military personnel and the students of the college, as well as the Bloc Quebecois members, cannot see the logic of such a decision.
In order to reduce spending, the government decided to close the only French military college in Canada and, which is even worse, it will close a college whose per capita training costs are lower than those of RMC in Kingston, and even Royal Roads in Victoria.
The regional action committee intends to oppose this decision and is sending an invitation to all individuals and groups concerned to participate in a demonstration which will take place in Saint-Jean, next Sunday, March 13, to show their disapproval of this questionable decision, to say the least, made by the government.