Mr. Speaker, in July 1995, the federal government decided to transfer over 40 public servants from the Canada employment centre located in Joliette to the one in Repentigny.
The Bloc Quebecois condemned this illogical decision, since the CEC in Repentigny had to rent premises to meet the needs of its clientele, while the facilities in Joliette were already owned by the federal government and met the requirements of the Canada employment centre.
In the April 9, 1996 issue of L'Artisan , Public Works Canada asked for the submission of letters of interest regarding the lease of 1,741 square metres of office space for the Canada human resources centre, in Repentigny. Since renting this space will cost about $115 per square metre, taxpayers in the Joliette area will have to shell out about $200,000 more per year for lower quality services.
We have seen better reorganizations that this.