Mr. Speaker, earlier this week, in response to a question about maintaining the 55% Canadian content requirement for army boots, thereby allowing Tannerie des Ruisseaux of Saint-Pascal-de-Kamouraska to remain in operation, the Minister of Public Works and Government Services said that he wanted to respect international agreements. But the fact of the matter is that DND procurement is excluded from all international trade agreements.
I will simply ask the Minister of Public Works and Government Services again if he can give us the assurance that this 55% requirement will be maintained, thereby maintaining 50 jobs in Saint-Pascal-de-Kamouraska?