Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Finance, who is responsible for regional development in Quebec.
When it was first announced that the Canadian space agency would be located in Saint-Hubert, we were told that federal aerospace research would be conducted in Quebec. However, aerospace research centres, which have a combined budget of close to $45 million, have remained in Ottawa.
Does the Minister of Finance, who is responsible for regional development in Quebec, agree that maintaining space research activities in Ottawa, rather than centralizing them in Saint-Hubert, close to the space agency, favours Ontario at the expense of Quebec?