Mr. Speaker, I listened carefully to what the hon. member was saying, and I must say that the hon. member has a very short memory. As a professed separatist although he is a Franco-Ontarian, he probably remembers Denis de Belleval who was a well-known PQ minister but nevertheless accepted the offer of an order in council appointment from his good friend Brian- we all know who that is-to the board of directors of VIA Rail. I wonder whether the hon. member remembers those appointments.
Perhaps he also remembers, and I am sure the name will ring a bell, a woman in North Bay who had been appointed to the board of directors of CN Rail. When her appointment was announced, the North Bay Nugget interviewed her and asked:
"Madam, why do you think you were chosen as a member of the board of CN Rail?". She answered: "I come from North Bay, a railroad town, and my grandfather was a well known railroader in the maritimes". The individual's name was Marie Marchand of North Bay.