Mr. Speaker, what is fascinating is that the Bloc Quebecois and the Parti Quebecois opposed Meech Lake. They voted it down in the National Assembly. The leader of the party was an MNA at the time and he voted against it. It is a sin for me, but not for them?
What they are ignoring is that in February we made concrete offers to transfer responsibility for manpower. We put forward proposals in May. Discussions are still going on.
We have offered to withdraw from mining, forestry, tourism and public housing. We decided that spending authority would be conditional on participation by a majority of provinces. These are serious offers, that have never before been spelled out in such detail. Inevitably, when we make serious offers to Quebec, when we truly want to help, they are for the status quo. They do not want to see a single thing changed, because they dream of separation and they have struck out twice.