Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose this motion of the Bloc Quebecois.
It seems to me that the provinces have spoken with one voice on this issue. They had a chance to speak up on Bill C-28. They came before the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development to talk about this piece of legislation. In every case they suggested they will go along with this legislation and that they are in support of it.
We cannot start giving carte blanche to provinces including Quebec simply because the members down the way demand it. We must be respectful of what the provinces are saying. Quebec has indicated it is quite comfortable with this piece of legislation. The people in Alberta are happy with it, the people in the maritimes are happy with it.
I do not really understand the paranoia down the way. I can only assume that there are other reasons for this motion coming up than the ones stated.
Having said that, we cannot support this motion. We will be saying more down the road about some of the problems inherent in Bill C-28.