Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for Québec-Est for his question. It has enabled me to digress and say that, this afternoon, I felt I was wasting my time in the House. I would have preferred to be in the riding of Charlevoix, working with the people there who are threatened with losing their jobs and who will be declared redundant as the result of the Axworthy reform.
I think we are wasting our time discussing such a trivial matter as the introduction of a $2 coin. We are not talking about the real problems of the economy. We are going to create problems. The purpose of government is to resolve problems, not to create them.
I am a bit embarrassed knowing that, in my riding of Charlevoix, the unemployed have mobilized to combat the Axworthy reform. Some of them are now on welfare. As I was saying, as far as paying for groceries is concerned, it makes little difference whether $2 is a bill or a coin; the main thing is to have some money. People are willing to work to earn some money.