QUEBEC CITY, Que. – The federal government announced Friday that it will invest more than $100 million to rebuild Quebec City’s military armoury, which was destroyed by fire in 2008.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the announcement Friday at the Citadelle in Quebec City.
Quebec City’s mayor, Régis Labeaume, was on hand for the presentation of the architectural plans of the new military armoury.
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“Our cry from the heart was heard,” he said in response to the announcement for funding to rebuild the armoury.
“In the name of Quebecers, Mr. Prime Minister, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
No member of Quebec’s provincial government had been invited, which brought criticism from Pauline Marois, the leader of the Parti Quebecois.
Prime Minister Harper said that an invitation had been extended Friday morning to Agnes Maltais, the Parti Quebecois Minister responsible for Quebec City, however the Minister was in Beauce and was unable to attend.
The Armoury
Designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1991, the Voltigeurs du Quebec Armoury was designed by Quebec architect Eugène-Étienne Taché and built in Quebec City, next to the Citadelle, between 1884 and 1887.
Home to the 2nd Battalion Royal 22nd Regiment, the Citadelle is the only historic site in Canada still garrisoned by a regular military unit.
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