Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Canadian Heritage.
Yesterday, the minister confirmed the commitment made by the Prime Minister that a French-language school will be built in Kingston as quickly as possible, given the appalling conditions of the existing facilities, which have no toilets nor running water, and which have been used as a school for over six years.
Considering that the Kingston French-language school board has decided to build a school on the Olan Mills site, considering that the Ontario Department of Education has approved the $7-million contribution for the construction of the school on that site, and considering that the minister himself and the Ontario minister of culture have authorized a budget of over one million dollars for the construction of a cultural centre adjacent to the school, will the minister pledge to ensure that the French-language school will be built on the site selected and bought by the school board?