Mr. Speaker, La Presse reports that the Montreal Grand Prix is some $5 to $7 million US short of the $30 million needed to survive.
Normand Legault, all those involved in Formula 1, RDS, and the Government of Quebec are all prepared to make a financial contribution to enable the race to go on without any tobacco sponsorship—everyone, that is, except the federal government.
Since the target figure is so close to being reached, and the private sector is prepared to foot most of the bill, will the federal government listen to us at last and invest the few million still needed to save the Montreal Grand Prix and the $80 million annually in economic spinoffs that go with it?