Mr. Speaker, the comments made by the hon. member for Edmonton-South West come very close to being a threat, when he says that Quebec better not think that the day after a Yes vote it will be just as easy to negotiate from province to province, and so forth, but in a way that is distinctly ominous.
However, I agreed with what he said when he commended the business community on its initiative, courage, determination and vision of the future. The Bloc Quebecois and, in fact, all Quebecers could not agree more. These people are driving 85 per cent of our economy, at present.
However, I fail to understand why, in the same breath, he attacks the people of Quebec who had the initiative, the courage and the vision to choose a country for themselves. That he does not like.
So I want to ask the hon. member this: When he says Quebec had better not think it will be easier, should we take this as a threat or simply as the way people talk who cannot tolerate the fact that others decide to simply make a decision?