Mr. Speaker, the Bloc member for Laurentides, who is also the official opposition's critic on the environment, recently stated: "Fortunately, on October 30, Quebecers will decide to give themselves a country. Our environment will then cease to be a federal issue, and we will be able to breathe easier".
It would be in the Bloc member's interest to read again some statements made by her leader when he was Canada's minister of the environment. She would surely learn some very valuable lessons. At the 44th annual general assembly of the United Nations held on October 23, 1989, her leader said this: "At a time when environmental problems transcend borders, our idea of sovereignty must continue to evolve and adapt".
The separatist obsession must not shrink our horizons to the point where we are going against the tide of major global trends. The separatist vision is easy to see through, as the hon. member for Laurentides has just shown us once again.