Mr. Speaker, on April 13 in this House, a member of the Bloc Quebecois stated the following in response to my question “The member knows well that the CLDs are replacing or complementing, with a broader mandate, the existing economic councils, even those that existed 15 years ago”.
Resolution CE-022-09 at a meeting of the Abitibi—Témiscamingue CRDAT on March 18 in Val d'Or provided “It is moved by Michel Cliché and seconded by André Brunet that the CRDAT's discontent with the Quebec government's handling of the distribution of the additional funds to the CLDs be expressed to the Minister, Jean-Pierre Jolivet, and that he be told the fact the regions were not consulted is unacceptable”.
The Bloc Quebecois member should read the minutes of this meeting, where it was said “the Government of Quebec ignored the regions' approach and failed to ask the opinion of the CRD”.
That is blockage Quebecois of the CRD, 15 years later.