Mr. Speaker, I made VIA Rail and the need to maintain this service the focus of my election campaign. I urge the opposition to carefully look over what was said during that campaign. I can assure you that I consulted the workers and all the people in my community well before the Bloc Quebecois came up with the idea that it should hold an information session in the Gaspé area. If you read the letters sent to the Minister of Transport and the local newspapers' reports about the involvement of the member for Bonaventure-Îles-de-la-Madeleine and the attention he pays to this issue, you will see that I was several months ahead of the opposition.
In the House of Commons on November 15th, 1994. See this statement in context.