Mr. Speaker, the minister said: “The French government will speak for itself”. It does not need the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs to speak for it.
I spoke today with His Excellency Loïc Hennekinne, France's ambassador to Ottawa, who confirmed that the French government had never objected to an agreement between Paris and Quebec City, this agreement having been submitted to Ottawa, as is customary.
Why, therefore, is the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs altering reality and attributing remarks to France that it did not make?