Mr. Speaker, $5 million was taken from the Pan-American Games budget, even though Winnipeg maintained that it had all the facilities needed for these games. The situation seems to have changed overnight. The Prime Minister has just given us the reason: separatists. This always gets a rise out of the Prime Minister.
I would like the Prime Minister to admit frankly that the $20 million aid package to the Jets had been planned for a while and that his government waited for the Nordiques' owners to reject the Quebec government's proposal to make a public announcement so that it would not have to provide the same kind of assistance to the Nordiques.