Mr. Speaker, in putting the infrastructure system in place, we gave municipalities and provinces the option of making their own decisions.
We do not agree with the comments by the Leader of the Opposition, Lucien Bouchard, who has a hard time believing that Ottawa would spend public funds to refloat a hockey team. In his opinion, the federal government would be wrong to invest in Quebec City or in Winnipeg.
We do not agree with this approach, because we feel that, if the mayor of Quebec City chooses a project, he should be entitled to proceed with his choice. This is why we agreed to fund the infrastructure program in Winnipeg, just as we did in Quebec City.