Mr. Speaker, again, we were talking about VIA Rail and CN. In Quebec VIA Rail provides 1,600 jobs, or 45 per cent of all jobs with VIA Rail. What does the opposition suggest? I really do not understand. They talk about a national, integrated transportation system, and then they tell me: If we have a national, integrated transportation system, we first need independence, in other words, sovereignty.
Let us put this into perspective. I ask the opposition to say yes to the Canadian federation, yes we can work together, yes we want to keep the 8,000 or 10,000 jobs that depend on CN and VIA Rail in Quebec. After all, Montreal is the linchpin of the industry, and I think they will put these jobs at risk if they insist on pursuing a line of reasoning that does nothing to help the future of those employed in an industry that is so important to Quebec.