Mr. Speaker, I listened carefully to the speech of our friend from Outremont, who loved to pass out cheques for the infrastructure program, of which he spoke with a certain wistfulness. He also referred to my colleague of Longueuil who is a former Conservative. I would remind him that the latter at least had the courage to cross the floor and change sides. I hope the hon. member will have as much courage when the time comes to make decisions in the interest of Quebec, which he is supposed to represent.
My colleague said all sorts of things about decentralization. He chose a good example when he spoke of the Canada social transfer. Actually, it was the deficit that was decentralized. I hope he will rise in caucus to defend the interests of Quebec, because he should know that Quebec might have to bear more than 40 per cent of those cuts. I also hope, when he talks about the consensus in Quebec about manpower training, that he will be intelligent enough to look at what is really going on. The consensus is not only inside the Parti Quebecois. Ghislain Dufour is not, as far as I know, a member of the Parti Quebecois, and is not likely to become one in the near future. Yet, he was among those who said that manpower training should be the responsibility of the government of Quebec.
What positive action he intends to take in the coming weeks within his own party to defend the interests of Quebec on those two issues?