Madam Speaker, I read the motion today asking this House to recognize the legitimacy of the democratic process initiated by the government of Quebec. I have listened to speeches by the Bloc Quebecois members trying to tell us what they intend to do and ignoring whether or not it is legitimate. I have listened to the members of the government who are telling us how good federalism is while avoiding the issue of whether or not what the Bloc intends to do is legal and legitimate.
The way I see the process is that they intend to introduce a bill in the legislature of the province of Quebec that is going to trample all over federal responsibilities. They are going to debate a bill in the legislature of the province of Quebec that is outside their jurisdiction. They are going to vote on a bill that they have no mandate to vote on. Then they want to dress it all up with some false legitimacy measures by holding a referendum.
It is presumptuous in the extreme for them to think that this bill would be endorsed by the rest of the people in Canada. For them to think that by declaring that these are the conditions the
rest of Canada would in any way support, and I think the process is a fraud, I think is illegal, illegitimate and immoral.
I would ask the previous speaker, as a member of this government, why he does not stand up and acknowledge and tell the people of Quebec that this entire process that is being proposed by the government of Quebec is as I said, illegal, illegitimate and immoral. The process is deceitful and a sham. Tell the people of Quebec that is the way it is.