Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives have definitely blackballed the Quebec regions. Their cuts to the Service Canada office in Joliette, which is in my riding, the move of the Canada Economic Development offices to another area and their ill-advised reform of employment insurance have hit Lanaudière's economy very hard.
It is not surprising that even the president of the Joliette Conservative Association has decided to leave a party that does not understand anything about Quebec.
What right do the Conservatives have to go after the workers of Lanaudière?