He said he was surprised that Quebec was expressing objections now, because the province discussed its grant with the group and did not set any of its own conditions. Calls to the office of Martin Cauchon, the Secretary of State for Economic Development, who department issued the grant, were not returned. In 1968, under the brief administration of Jean-Jacques Bertrand, the Union Nationale premier, the province's Legislative Assembly was rechristened the National Assembly. In 1995, a unanimous vote of all three parties in the assembly led to the creation of Quebec City's National Capital Commission. Well, that's not true, and we know it.
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