Mr. Speaker, last Friday the Government of Quebec surprised everyone by closing its tourism office in Paris. Now any French tourists wishing to obtain information for planning a trip to Quebec are told to contact their travel agent or to consult the Quebec server on the Minitel network.
It is unfortunate, to say the least, to note that the Government of Quebec has neglected to inform its French clientele that trip planning information on Quebec may be obtained, as always, from the Canadian embassy.
During this week's celebrations of National Tourism Week, what explanation can there be for this attitude by the Government of Quebec, which is surprising to say the least? Are we to take it that they prefer to deprive their tourist industry of an important promotional resource rather than to do as they should and offer French travellers the possibility of using the services of the Canadian embassy?