Mr. Speaker, first of all the statement by the member is absolutely false.
I invited him last Monday along with any other colleague in the House to come to my office and personally review every single one of the applicant cities. There were 25 cities that applied, 25 cities that had applications based on five criteria which were public criteria, which I released with all relevant documents.
I invited the member last Monday to come and review the applications from his city and from the other cities. Unfortunately, he and his colleagues have not shown any interest in actually seeing the documents.
I have released in this House, publicly, every single document on that issue that was reviewed by me. I have invited the member and his colleagues to come and personally review the approximately 15,000 pages of documents that came from the cities. I would ask him to come over and review the facts and I think when he sees the facts he will agree with me that among 25 very good applicant cities, Montreal was the best choice.