Mr. Speaker, the Government of Quebec is talking about a public service of the size of 110,000 people to serve a population of some 7 million, whereas after the current downsizing is completed at the federal level we will have 190,000 public servants serving a population of 28 million.
Those numbers do not add up. Federal public servants in Quebec should be very concerned about the ability for the separatists to meet those kinds of numbers. They are simply out of proportion. They are simply unbelievable. Federal public servants should beware of the false promises coming from the separatists.