Mr. Speaker, the plan to expand the Montreal Convention Centre goes back at least as far as 1996 and was even designated as a priority by the Government of Quebec at the Montreal socio-economic summit. The Government of Canada was not present at that summit, it will be recalled, having been excluded by the Government of Quebec.
If the Government of Quebec had given priority to Montreal following that decision, we would have used the infrastructure program. Unfortunately, unlike the Canadian government, it does not give priority to Montreal.
Despite the lack of a vehicle, we are continuing to—