Mr. Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to condemn the federal government's ineptitude in the matter of regional development.
All regions in Quebec have been facing major problems for a number of years. Despite the fact that we have a federalist government in Quebec as well, quarrelling on regional development has merely increased political tension, while the economy of the regions suffers. This is reflected in the youth unemployment rate in my region, which was 24 per cent last year and led to migration to the larger urban centres.
I wish the Liberal government would stop telling us that all is well and that federalism is the answer to all our problems. Federalism has had plenty of time to prove itself, and it has proved to be a failure.