Mr. Speaker, having committed a blatant injustice by closing down the college in Saint-Jean, the only French-language military college, the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs is now adding insult to injury.
How can the minister claim to be doing Saint-Jean a favour by giving it the same compensation as Royal Roads Military College in Victoria, that is to say $25 million over five years, when the school population, operating budget and facilities at Saint-Jean were twice that of Royal Roads?
As he crows about a few jobs saved, the minister is overlooking the 175 jobs cut in the last budget. As we say in French, we just saved the furniture in Saint-Jean.