Mr. Speaker, it is my honour pursuant to Standing Order 36 to present a petition signed by residents of the city of Val-d'Or and the Vallée-de-l'Or RCM concerning the Sigma-Lamaque and Beaufor mines.
The petitioners call upon parliament to put in place a financial assistance program for the mines with a thin capitalization structure in Quebec's resource regions and call upon government to ease up on the rules of existing programs and ensure they are used in the resource regions.