Mr. Speaker, since the election of the Parti Quebecois in September 1994, the people
of Quebec have been held hostage by a handful of power hungry politicians with nothing better to do than to govern by referendum.
Rather than taking advantage of his first press conference to differentiate himself from his predecessor, the leader of the Bloc chose to follow in his footsteps, announcing right off the bat his intention to sign no new constitutional agreement with Canada and to prepare for another referendum on Quebec separation.
My constituents in Saint-Denis need jobs and a stronger guarantee of security for themselves and their children. And it is certainly not by scaring away investors, as the PQ has done for the past year or more, that the leader of the Bloc will manage to reduce unemployment in Quebec.
The people have waited too long. It is high time now for the Parti Quebecois to finally put "their hearts in their work".