Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Canadian Heritage.
In a letter dated March 12, the Quebec international relations minister and his municipal affairs colleague question the willingness of the federal government to include Quebec in any serious way in organizing the Jeux de la Francophonie. They contend that the federal government is in fact “placing Quebec before a fait accompli”.
How can the minister justify that, more than eight months after Ottawa-Hull won the games, the minister—