Mr. Speaker, I rise to challenge recent comments of the hon. leader of the Bloc Quebecois.
During the 1993 election, Bloc candidates said they would stay on as members of Parliament only up to the referendum. Yesterday, the Leader of the Bloc Quebecois said that the members of his party will stay even if the majority of Quebecers reject their party's mandate.
A member of the Parliament of Canada must realize that even if it is his duty to represent his riding, he must work for Canada first. Bloc members keep saying that Canada's institutions do not work.
If that is true-and it is not-why are they so determined to stay after a defeat in the referendum?