Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for this clarification. I checked and I thought we could use names but I will refrain from doing so.
The senator I just mentioned, who represents Delorimier, in Quebec, warned Quebecers against the possible failure of the Charlottetown Accord. He even predicted such a failure would lead to a crisis similar to what happened in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Do you see tanks in Quebec, senator? Who did the Delorimier people vote for in the last election, senator? We wonder who you represent today, senator.
This senator recently did it again, predicting a civil war-what a wise man he is-in Quebec if that province ever becomes independent. This senator represents Quebec. Is this wise senator acting like a good regional representative when he accuses Bloc members democratically elected by the Quebec people of being traitors. I doubt that this senator really represents his region. As I said earlier, the fact that he represents Delorimier, which was named after a Quebec patriot, is one of the system's
absurdities. I repeat, who did the people of Delorimier vote for on October 25, senator? Again, who do you represent?
I would like to shed light on something. I would like to quote from two articles that appeared in La Presse to show the intellectual rigour of this senator from Delorimier. In September 1992, this senator said about the Charlottetown Agreement:
A no vote in Quebec would not be a return to the current status quo. Under the current status quo, all the premiers from English Canada approved the agreement which, as Professor André Tremblay said, contains all the concessions that English Canada would be prepared to grant to Quebec.
Two months after the Charlottetown Accord failed, this senator said: "Obviously, if the rest of Canada could not swallow the Charlottetown Accord, Quebecers now have only two choices, namely the status quo and independence without previously negotiated economic association".
Two months earlier he was saying that the status quo was not an option and two months later, that it was the only option. What a wise man!
In the wake of the Charlottetown Accord he said this:
The rest of Canada will never allow the Bloc Quebecois to wield influence by holding the balance of power.
Someone who was appointed in a non-democratic fashion and who represents a Quebec division dares to speak against democracy. That is the Senate for you!