Mr. Speaker, although I am certainly closer to my colleagues in Quebec City than the hon. member for Bonaventure-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, I would not presume to speak on their behalf about their proposed fiscal policy on fuel taxes.
I see that my hon. colleague is very concerned about the lack of accountability, in his opinion, of several states in establishing a rail network. My colleague has just pointed out to him that the train between Brussels and Lille crosses the border without stopping. Since I come from that region, I can assure him that this did not start with the high-speed trains but decades ago. The networks are generally international, except perhaps in Japan and Madagascar, which is another island. I did not check.
Generally speaking, however, every country that is part of an international network is concerned about the quality of rail service in the other countries, because the quality of the whole network depends on the quality of rail service in each of its components.
If we are interested in the quality of the federal network, it is because we think, despite our sovereignist views, that the quality of Quebec rail service depends on the quality of the North American network in a very general way. Canada and Quebec, which is now a province, must of course work together to build this great North American network which, in the national interest, must be as good here as in the other countries.