Mr. Speaker, as promised, I was given, while the minister was answering, the electoral map for New Brunswick. Since the minister was right, I promise never to mention again that the city of Campbellton is located in the riding of Acadie-Bathurst. It is located in the riding of Restigouche-Chaleur,
which is represented by one of the members of the partisan committee.
I do not consider it as an excuse; it is as if I asked the minister whether the town of St-Tite-des-Caps is located in my riding or in the riding of Charlevoix. In any case, it is in the riding next to the minister's, in the area he comes from, and that does not change anything to what I said a moment ago.
I want to tell the minister that the whole question of this party's position on short-line railways and on the unsolicited CP buyout proposal will be discussed today by the other speakers. You will understand that, in 20 minutes, I could not possibly deal with all these topics, but I shall do so in due course.
We have heard about the comments he made in early October in Winnipeg when he referred to "railway workers with a grade 8 or 9 education" and so on, and his answer to me on this subject in this House, an answer that might turn out slightly different from reality. If it is true that he made these remarks in the context he referred to in his answer to me, I would like the minister to explain why people left the room and why WESTAC had to apologize for comments that were insulting to the 62,000 railway workers in Canada.