Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for Kingston and the Islands for his very pertinent question regarding the comments I just made and the fact that the vast majority of Quebecers, if not all of them, are in favour of abolishing the Senate. The hon. member says that he has doubts about my statement, since the Conservative members who formed the previous government were in favour of the Senate, and in fact their government appointed many Conservative senators to protect its interest in the Upper House.
The answer is quite simple: You only have to look at the results of the election held on October 25, 1993. There is only one Conservative member left in this House.