Mr. Speaker, I will not respond directly to what the member said. I think he is showing a lack of class and courtesy. I am not the member from God knows where, I am the member representing a Quebec riding of 73,000 constituents. I was elected in the same capacity as he was. I was sometimes defeated in my lifetime, these things happen, but I have accepted defeat with great magnanimity. I did not say that I always win, but I work according to my beliefs.
I would say to the member that I never said that he does not represent the majority of Quebec electors in the Canadian federation. That is obvious, his party has got 54 seats. I had said that very clearly to the member for Terrebonne, who was saying that we were talking about Quebec's position. I said the same thing as the minister of Foreign Affairs did the other day, that is that the Bloc members do not have a monopoly on talking for Quebec, that we too, even if we did not get as many votes, are also Quebecers and have a say in the matter. The present Quebec government represents a position which is not separatist and it too was elected with a majority.
That majority and minority issue saddens me. I am above all a Canadian. I do not have this problem with majority and minority, French speaking and English speaking, division and narrow-mindedness. I want to work for all my fellow citizens. I do not accept to be called a member from God knows where. I am a member representing a riding where almost 45 per cent of the people are French speaking, and they too matter in Quebec.