Mr. Speaker, on August 22, the federal government finally responded to Quebec's offer to cover half the cost of making highway 175 in the Laurentides park into a divided four-lane highway.
The entire region of Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean believed firmly in this project. Our pride and our persistence has borne fruit and we can now say “mission accomplished”.
I thank my constituents from the bottom of my heart for sending thousands of postcards to the Prime Minister, for giving me the strength to rise 38 times here in the House to speak to the issue, and for having allowed me to make highway 175 a national issue. I also thank the regional stakeholders, who all believed in the project.
The riding of Jonquière and the entire surrounding region will benefit. We can finally be proud of highway 175, because it is our tax dollars that will be put to work.