Mr. Speaker, I would like to take the brief time available to me to tell members of the House some good news for the greater Quebec City area.
On December 5, the Secretary of State responsible for the Federal Office of Regional Development for Quebec announced that Ressources entreprises de Québec will be joining the Canada business service centre network. This means that businesses in the Quebec City region, as well as those in eastern Quebec, will have direct access to information on programs and services available from the Government of Canada.
Our government is proud to be associated with this initiative, to which it has contributed almost $1.2 million in funding.
Our objective is to take action to help Canadian businesses develop and to simplify their operations. The arrival in the Quebec City region of a business service centre is eloquent testimony to the approach we are taking to ensure the growth of businesses in this wonderful country called Canada.