Mr. Speaker, I was very interested in what my colleague from Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup, who is from one of the regions, had to say and I have a question for him, not about decentralization, because he would like to see a move to decentralize towards the regions, but as the Canada human resources centres are formed, we realize there will be some centralization. Because of staff reductions, they are going to centralize staff, which is supposed to enhance efficiency, and they will set up service outlets. Since we are from these regions and, in my opinion and that of my colleague,
these service outlets will not have any decision making authority, people in the riding of Abitibi will have to travel more than 250 kilometres to talk to someone who has that authority.
Does he think it is efficient for the federal government to establish Canada human resources centres without consulting the regions and to develop a strategy that may be effective in Toronto and Montreal but not necessarily in our regions?