Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Premier of Quebec, Bernard Landry, and the president of the Kativik regional administration, Johnny N. Adams, signed an historic partnership agreement between the Government of Quebec and Nunavik's Inuit peoples.
This agreement will accelerate economic and community development in Northern Quebec over the next 25 years.
This is yet another example of the great relationship between the government of Quebec and first nations, a relationship based, in this particular case, on shared confidence and the common desire to further the development of Nunavik.
The great potential for the development of hydroelectric resources will provide major economic benefits for northern Quebec and for all of Quebec.
The Bloc Quebecois is proud to salute this partnership and points out once again the avant-garde nature of relations between the government of Quebec and aboriginal peoples.