Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Transport, in response to the repeated requests by the Government of Quebec to reinstate the strategic highway improvement program, keeps passing the blame for his inaction on to the provinces.
Will the minister agree that a number of projects essential to economic development and highway safety, such as highway 175 between the Saguenay and Quebec City and highway 389 between Baie-Comeau and Labrador, are threatened because he is refusing to budge in this matter? When is he going to budge?