Mr. Speaker, I do not understand how the minister can say it is to help communities, when the money will not be available until September. She needs to wake up and realize that festivals take place in the summer. The Montreal International Jazz Festival is not held in February in the streets of Montreal; it will take place this summer. Yet, the minister was quick to ask only her colleagues for suggestions, in order to give them an advantage.
Will she respond favourably to the National Assembly of Quebec, the Government of Quebec, and allocate the money? The criteria are already in place; festivals need it and communities throughout Quebec need it.