As the old saying goes, if you cannot take the heat, get out of the kitchen.
The fact of the matter is that if there is any one person responsible today for destabilizing the economy, for causing the substantial increase of interest rates which is putting real pressure on our international financing-
It is the leader of the Bloc Quebecois. He is the worst, when it comes to dealing with stability problems of the economy, and that is the truth.
That is the real problem we face. As long as we have the kind of sermon of separation that we hear coming time and time again from members opposite, we will continue to face economic difficulties because the international marketplace is looking at that problem.
If they were really concerned about the economy and ensuring that we can start building a stronger economy, getting our financing back in order, helping solve problems of deficits, putting more money back into investment, then they would stop talking about separation. That would be the one contribution members opposite could really make to economic renewal.