Madam Speaker, I would not want the hon. member to think that I was whining. I was merely trying to point out to the member and to members of the Bloc that the province of Quebec has benefited by being part of Confederation.
I can say that James Bay has received hundreds of millions of dollars from the national government, from environment and from Canada Mortgage and Housing for every aspect of that project. If you do not believe me go to the Library of Parliament and they will produce the records dollar for dollar for you.
There is no resentment for that. This is part of Confederation. All we are saying is do not pretend that the national government has done nothing for the province of Quebec. My goodness, that is an insult to all the elected members who come from Quebec.
Look at the 16-year period of Pierre Elliott Trudeau when the Liberals had 74 out of 75 members and see all the great things that happened in the province of Quebec.
The difference was that those members of Parliament believed in Canada. If this group over here would start believing in Canada maybe then we could get our economy going a little better and maybe we could put even more money into the province of Quebec. That is how we would get more Quebecers back to work.
Throw away this idea of destroying the country and get back to reality. You will never be able to build a strong economy by ignoring the fact that a great deal of the reason we are rated number one in the world today as a nation to live in is because historically we have all worked together. The minute that we destroy that reality of Canada, it is not just your constituents who are going to suffer, it is mine and everyone else's in this country.
That is why I become very emotional about my country. I believe and I am going to continue to preach the fact that when you are in this House of Commons you should be building Canada, you should not be here trying to destroy it.