Mr. Speaker, this morning, I listened to the beginning of the debate which opened with the hon. member for Mégantic-Compton-Stanstead who, as usual, made a very good and very interesting speech. But it had nothing to do with the motion before the House, it was a speech on separatism.
For his part, as always, the hon. member for Edmonton Southwest made a very interesting and good speech. For the Reform Party, it was an excellent speech. He said he had a problem with the motion presented this morning by the hon. member for Mégantic-Compton-Stanstead, which reads as follows: That this House deplore the federal government's delay in responding to Quebec's demands, with regard to certain matters.
Does the hon. member for Edmonton Southwest agree with me that the only reason for the motion is not to complain about the delay, but to promote separatism and create misunderstanding between Quebec voters and voters in the rest of Canada? This is what is intended by the hon. member for Mégantic-Compton-Stanstead and his Bloc colleagues.