Mr. Speaker, it is certainly not a threat. It is a statement of the reality of the situation that faces all of Canada, but will face the people of Quebec to a greater degree for a longer period of time than it will everybody else. It is not a threat. It is a statement of the obvious. It is a statement of fact.
In the democratic process people are elected and there is a fiduciary trust responsibility we are prepared to accept the moment we stand for election. That is in everything we do, we will do it not for the betterment or enrichment of ourselves or for self-aggrandizement but we will work for the people who have entrusted their lives to us as their members of Parliament, their elected representatives.
When a person is elected to high office, which is a member of Parliament, there is a trust responsibility to do the very best one can in the interests of the people being served. It then follows that it should be to protect their economic, cultural and ideological interests. It should not be to take them down a treacherous path when they are standing above a precipice. That is not the fiduciary trust responsibility of a person elected to high public office in Quebec or anywhere else in Canada.