Mr. Speaker, major newspapers were reporting this morning that, next September, the "Team Quebec" trade mission to South America will be led by Bernard Landry, the PQ finance minister and minister responsible for economic development.
This is great news and we are pleased to see that the PQ government finally decided to follow in the footsteps of Team Canada. It is somewhat unfortunate however that, for the sake of political rhetoric, members of the PQ government made the deliberate choice of ignoring previous economic missions led by our Prime Minister.
All economic stakeholders agree that Canada's prosperity is dependent upon its capacity to expand its export markets. Through this decision, the Quebec government is sending investors and financial markets a positive message.
We wish every success to this Team Quebec mission and to its leader, who, this time, will have an opportunity to trade the minivan for a limousine.