Mr. Speaker, the finance minister also has a duty to point out what would really happen if Quebec separates.
In his role as finance minister, he has an obligation to point out that separation will not only cost us hundreds of thousands of jobs, as the leader of the No committee said, but also that many jobs would be affected by changes occurring subsequent to separation, and particularly by the fact that, as the finance minister pointed out, Quebec would have to renegotiate its entry in NAFTA and the successor organization to GATT.
These are aspects that will create substantial economic problems in Quebec and, once again, the finance minister has a duty to point this out to Quebecers.