Mr. Speaker, in December 2001, in the wake of the last federal budget, the Quebec transport minister sent his federal counterpart five MOUs in which he had identified five highway projects considered as important, namely those involving highways 30, 35, 50, 175 and 185.
Could the Minister of Transport explain why he is offhandedly closing the door to any federal involvement in the project to complete highway 50, when not so long ago, the Deputy Prime Minister expressed great interest in Quebec's priorities in the context of the Canada strategic infrastructure fund?