Mr. Speaker, out of respect for what people want, can the minister assure us that, in making his evaluation, he will endorse the chamber of commerce, the evaluation committee, the Corporation économique de développement industriel et commercial and the cities of Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières Ouest, Grand-Mère and Shawinigan-in the Prime Minister's riding-that he will abide by the will of the community instead of yielding to a small group who is hustling around the Trois-Rivières Liberal Association?
Can he assure us that the $12 million reserve accumulated over the years by the port of Trois-Rivières will not be siphoned off to the Canadian consolidated fund like the reserve of the port of Quebec was by the previous Tory government?