Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is that a lot of Canadians are not listening to the Reform Party. We have seen it in terms of the percentage of the popular vote it actually has according to recent polls.
I would also like to raise other things. How about regional economic development? That seems to be an area where the Reform appears to be really lacking. I am from eastern Canada. I am from a very rural part of Quebec. The fisheries industry has gone down. There is no longer any fish. We are having problems. We cannot find the various resources we once took for granted. What do we do?
What do we do with these people? What do we do with the 50,000 people of Newfoundland and the maritime provinces who were laid off? Do we just tell them to go away, it is their problem, there is no fish and we cannot do anything? After all this is a compassionate society, is it not? This is why the government has to make sure we address the issues and the needs of all Canadians, but especially those who are having a harder time than other Canadians.
To say that it is inappropriate for me to make comments, the fact is that we know the results of the Reform Party. People have
passed comments and judgments on the way your people look at policy and on the way you people look at governing Canada.