from Mike Zeisberger of the Toronto Sun,

Even with the sagging Canadian dollar, the men spearheading the bid to bring an NHL expansion team to Quebec City are confident that a franchise can survive there.

So said Quebecor chairman of the board Brian Mulroney on Tuesday afternoon, just minutes after his group had made its sales pitch to the NHL’s executive committee at the league’s downtown offices in mid-town Manhattan.

“It’s an important factor but we can, even with the exchange rate, handle the team,” said Mulroney, part of the four-man Quebecor contingent that also included CEO Pierre Dion.

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