Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of National Defence.
On a number of occasions, we have called for the federal government to set up a fund to compensate for the negative effects of the closure of the St. Hubert military base and we have insisted that the region be treated just like other Canadian communities, where bases were closed, like Cornwallis, for example, which received over $7.5 million.
Could the minister confirm today his government's intention to provide compensation for the closure of the St. Hubert base?