Mr. Speaker, my question is for the minister responsible for FORD-Q. In the report he tabled today, the auditor general points at serious flaws in the management of federal regional development programs. He states, among other things, that since 1988, the federal government has
spent $4.5 billion for these programs without knowing if they have really helped create jobs and if they were properly spent.
Does the minister responsible recognize that it is inadmissible to spend $4.5 billion, $1.15 of them in Quebec, without any clear creation of jobs?