Mr. Speaker, it is not as if we are standing on this side of the House saying that we have a perfect system but it is very tough to work with an opposition that really does not have any intention to constructively criticize or improve the fabric of Canada. It sits there day after day working away at trying to destroy the fabric of Canada.
I believe that in the very near future it will probably be living up to its leader's commitment that if it loses in the provincial election its members will all be resigning.
The debate today is really not about our regional development programs and their effectiveness because we have regional development programs in every region of this country. They are working. They can always be improved.
The debate today is really about who speaks for Canada and the Bloc Quebecois really has always had a resentment for the Government of Canada presence in the province of Quebec.
I believe that most Quebecers will realize when they look at the contributions of Health and Welfare Canada, Communications Canada, Industry Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, when they look at all the money that has been poured into Hydro Quebec to help develop James Bay, when they look at all the money that has been put into training programs, when they look at the fact they received $1 billion more in the last year just in terms of unemployment insurance and trading entitlements, I believe-