Mr. Speaker, I will try to answer this question without commenting-I think there is a rule about this-on how Liberal members from Quebec voted.
However, as I said in my speech, if a member from from Quebec who was elected by Quebecers is truly here to defend their interests, that member cannot do otherwise but vote in favour of this motion which would guarantee 25 per cent of the seats. We did not ask for the moon. We did not ask for exceptional powers. We wanted this bill to recognize the fact that Quebec was one of the two founding peoples. It was that simple. It was easy to do. They could have put it in the bill.
I think the Liberals from Quebec understand this. They could have put it in the bill if they had done some lobbying, something Liberals are very good at. The members from Quebec could have lobbied their own caucus and their own ministers to include in this bill a clause mandating a group of parliamentarians to find a way to let Quebec have 25 per cent of the seats as requested by us, the Bloc Quebecois and by all Quebecers. But they did not. I think the answer to the question from the hon. member for Québec-Est is clear. I think the interests of Quebec demanded it and that they failed to act accordingly.