Statement made on 02 December 2010 by Senator Roméo Dallaire
Hon. Roméo Antonius Dallaire:
My question is for the Leader of the Government in the Senate. I am sure she will want to get some answers from her cabinet colleagues. My question is about this country's national heritage, which we want to preserve and promote. Quebec City recently celebrated its 400th anniversary. Right in the heart of the capital city, there is an important historical building used by both civilians and the oldest French-Canadian regiment in the country, the Quebec Voltigeurs, whose band played O Canada for the first time in 1880, on Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, in fact.
There have been promises to restore this historic armoury at the heart of a city that has been declared a UNESCO world heritage site. We have some numbers, but we do not have a date. Is there a date sometime this decade when we can expect the government to invest in restoring one of this country's historic gems?
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