Mr. Speaker, the conference of parliamentarians from the Americas, or COPA, is an international association which was working very well, but the federal government decided to boycott it.
In addition to boycotting it, this government now wants to replace it with another association that would exclude parliamentarians from Quebec, American states, Mexico, and many other states in the Americas.
Could the Minister of Foreign Affairs tell us why he is boycotting this international forum and wants to exclude Quebec once again?