Madam Speaker, I listened carefully to the speech by the member opposite and I am wondering if he has read, like I did, what one of his own colleagues, the member for Longueuil, said:
I receive lots of congratulation phone calls. I only got calls of praise. Even good sovereignists and some mayors called me to pledge their support.
He was speaking of the fact that he sided against his party, the Bloc Quebecois. A bit further on, when some people threatened to penalize him for the stance he had taken, the member for Longueuil said:
I do not see how voters could penalize me. It seems to me that exactly the opposite is happening. We have a major problem because transportation is almost at a standstill. These people must go back to work.
This is what the Bloc member said of his colleagues-at least, he was a member of the Bloc Quebecois when this interview was made. The member for Rosemont must know that.
This strike is damaging all parts of Canada, all across the country. We must put a stop to it. I received calls from constituents and also from striking railway workers. In a specific case, a friend of mine told me-