Mr. Speaker, last weekend my wife and I visited Montreal, where her family lives and where she grew up as a francophone and raised her own children.
When we crossed the bridge back into Ontario her heart was heavy and the tears flowed. She is Canadian and Quebecois. She does not want to be anything else.
As a Canadian by choice myself, I do not want to lose my country. For goodness' sake, Quebecers, say no to the song of the separatist sirens. Your hopes for a strong and powerful Quebec may be met within Canada.
We Reformers in the west know what they want. We want the same. We want a smaller, less intrusive federal government. Together we can have it. Together we can get rid of the arrogant centralists with their failed visions. Together we will build a new Canada.