Mr. Speaker, in the past two days the value of the Canadian dollar has dropped by a cent and a half, interest rates have jumped alarmingly-the bank rate went up by 1 per cent today-and Canadian stock markets have witnessed the worst times they have had in eight years. The separatists are getting a foretaste of the economic consequences of their position.
Would the finance minister tell Canadians in plain terms what a vote against federalism on October 30 would mean for their bank accounts, their mortgages, their jobs and their economic future?