Mr. Speaker, I also listened closely to the speech of the hon. member. Like all the members who took the floor today-I have been sitting here all day, although I never intervened-I agree that the Canadian situation is very difficult right now.
I also think that the government has a tendency to study, to set up committees, to ask for reports and, generally speaking, to postpone any decision. For 20 years we have heard the same speeches from the various ministers of finance. We could take any of them and reissue them, they are all the same.
There are two opposition parties in the House. The Bloc Quebecois proposes a very clear option: let us review completely the Canadian taxation policy. We sincerely believe that without a complete overhaul of taxation we are going nowhere fast.
The Reform Party's option is to cut deeply where it really matters, into social programs. Unlike my Liberal friends, I do not believe that our Reform colleagues are fundamentally evil. I think they have done a serious economic study of the situation.
If the Reform and the Bloc parties do not do anything, Canada is going to go bankrupt right away. We have to do something.
I would like to ask a question of my colleague on an economic matter. Most people know that we want to make Quebec sovereign and we seriously think that this will become true within a few months from now.
Most Canadians actually believe in two assumptions concerning Quebec. The first is we are a bunch of troublemakers, politically speaking, because we are never happy with what we get. Second, we receive much more money from Canada than what we put in. A lot of people believe these assumptions.
I would like to ask this question of my colleague. Does he not think that a sovereign Quebec would be part of the solution for Canada, depending of course that we take out of Canada our fair share of the debts and assets? That is exactly what we intend to do. Would this not be part of the solution for Canada?