Mr. Speaker, the distinct society the Prime Minister is talking about is not the one in the original Meech Lake accord, it is the one in the Charest report "Ã la" Clyde Wells. Thank you Clyde, we remember the emotional outpourings on television. As for the original Meech Lake accord, the Prime Minister fought his whole leadership campaign against it, and he won. The Minister of Finance, on the other hand, campaigned for the Meech Lake accord and lost because of it. This is what history teaches us.
We must get back to Ms. Frulla, who made another statement this morning. She said that, in the case of culture, what was upsetting was the federal government's power to spend according to its own priorities. She went on to say that the federal government had to get out of the field and give the money to Quebecers to administer themselves. Her remarks were clear.
Does the Prime Minister agree with his deputy chairman, Ms. Frulla, and does he intend to withdraw completely from the field of culture, with full financial compensation, as his deputy chair wants him to?