Mr. Speaker, last week, representatives of the Beauce region in Quebec and the French community in Manitoba met in St. Boniface to discuss the possibility of a pact of friendship between these two regions.
This visit is part of a process that began last year to look at possible exchanges between Beauce and the French community in Manitoba in the economic, cultural, educational and communications fields.
Our friends from Beauce had a busy schedule in Manitoba. They met with the Société franco-manitobaine, the Association of Bilingual Municipalities, the Chamber of Commerce, CKXL community radio, the Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface, the Société historique de Saint-Boniface, and I could go on.
This pact of friendship between the French-speaking citizens of Beauce and Manitoba is a fine example of the manner in which the two communities can work together to create jobs and get to know one another better.
I congratulate the participants in this pact of friendship, who are trying to build a Canada that is stronger and more united within the Canadian federation.