Mr. Speaker, I have a great respect for the hon. member for Chateauguay but I wish to draw a contradiction that I see in his presentation to the attention of the House and perhaps get his response.
His first words were that the closing of the military college at Saint-Jean is a desperate problem for the province of Quebec. Would the member not agree that if Quebec were to separate and be an independent country, Canada would no longer have any facilities in Quebec? Does not the closing of that one military college, which he takes great umbrage at, foreshadow the closing of many more federal installations in Quebec to the tremendous detriment of Quebec and Canada?