Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Canadian Heritage.
Since the 1996 flood—and I make no apologies for bringing this up again—everyone has become aware of the necessity to preserve the valuable heritage of the few remaining houses surrounding the little white house in the old section of Chicoutimi, known as “le bassin”, which everyone wants to preserve.
Does the Minister of Canadian Heritage intend to collaborate with the City of Chicoutimi in the signing of a bilateral agreement, if possible, to help the municipality preserve this reminder of the floods? Several dozen homes were devastated in part of downtown Chicoutimi, but there are strong feelings about preserving for other purposes—