Mr. Speaker, no one has argued in favour of dismantling the federation. This is typical of so much debate in the Chamber. No one debates anyone's real position. The position is moved off to the extreme and they debate the extreme, not the real position.
The fact of the matter is that 60 per cent of Canadians outside Quebec and 80 per cent of people in Quebec want some change in the alignment of powers between the federal and provincial governments. They want control over natural resources, social services, language and culture to be in the hands of the government closest to them, and that is not the federal government.
When is the government going to do something practical and concrete in response to this desire for change and a realignment of the powers between the federal and provincial governments? This is not dismantling; it is realignment.