Mr. Speaker, and so it is. VIA Rail would rather sign a $1.3-billion agreement with a German multinational than with a Quebec company, to purchase trains that will be used in Quebec. What a lump of coal.
Workers in La Pocatière are being laid off, and they are popping champagne corks in Sacramento, where the cars are manufactured.
How can the Prime Minister justify abandoning workers in La Pocatière and allowing VIA Rail to choose Siemens?