I can see why the hon. member for Kingston and the Islands may have some doubts. This is exactly what we said during the election campaign, last October, and what we are repeating day after day in this House. For over 125 years now, Quebecers have been elected to represent their fellow citizens in this House and to talk to the rest of Canada. This time, there are, in this House, people who do not want to be appointed to the Senate under any consideration. We simply want to tell our friends from English Canada what Quebecers want. And what they want is to have their own country; they want to set up their own institutions, and this is why I say once again that Quebecers in general are not only in favour of abolishing the Senate, but are even in favour of abolishing their own representation in this House.
In the House of Commons on June 8th, 1994. See this statement in context.