Mr. Speaker, could you please inform the Liberal members and ministers that the Leader of the Opposition left the Conservative Party to stick to his principles, and he acted in a manner no one, certainly not the hon. member for Bonaventure-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, no minister in this Parliament will ever act. He acted on his principles and, because of that, he is beyond reproach.
A moment ago, the hon. member for Bonaventure-Îles-de-la-Madeleine was asking where the Leader of the Opposition was, but, Mr. Speaker, allow me to ask this of the hon. member for Bonaventure-Îles-de-la-Madeleine. Where were you last April during the public hearings organized in Gaspé by Cynthia Paterson of Rural Dignity of Gaspésie? Where were you during these hearings when 50 briefs were received from the people of Gaspé? Where were you?