Mr. Speaker, the hon. member's question reflects the tendency of these people to evade the issues. Today, the issue is not Quebec's sovereignty. We are talking about their government's budget process. We are talking about their government's inertia. We are talking about the flabby approach of the Minister of Finance, who has spent the past year-I want to say this because it is true-colouring the Conservatives' blue book purple because they are even more conservative than the Conservatives and telling us we are in the red.
So the issue is the consultation process that is going on now. The issue is the measures this government is taking at the expense of the most vulnerable in our society. Sovereignty is not the issue.
However, I would like to answer a small part of his question. Look at how the sovereignist movement has operated in Quebec for the past 30 years. It has not operated on the basis of a rightist philosophy, like our Reform Party friends have done since they were elected a year ago. It has not operated on the basis of a philosophy that is very close to the right, which is the approach being taken today by the Liberals. It has operated, from the outset, in accordance with the views of Mr. Lévesque. It has operated on the basis of a profoundly democratic society that is intent on the well-being of its most vulnerable members and that wants to provide for a fair distribution of our collective wealth, and I think that once Quebec is sovereign, we will have some really exciting projects.
As soon as we get out of this system, we can go ahead with some very exciting projects to create full employment, increase our collective wealth and regional development and give people new hope and dignity. We will provide real projects to help people recover part of that dignity, without pretty speeches like the Prime Minister gave us when he referred to people who had lost that dignity as beer drinkers.