But when he says: "We are paying and we are glad to be part of Canada", I want to remind the hon. member that I went to Vancouver, last year, at the invitation of two Reform members, to speak on the sovereign movement in Quebec. I was even invited as a guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Reform Party to talk about the sovereign movement. What do we hear more
and more often in British-Columbia about Quebec: "Let them go. Let them go. We are sick of paying. Let them go."
To which we answer: "We want to go. Let us go. You say that you are sick of paying for us, that you are sick of supporting us. Because you seem to think that you are supporting us. Very well, then let us go; we want to go. Let us go. Stop paying $99 trips from Vancouver to Montreal to come and tell us that you love us just three days before the referendum."
Do you really love us right now? You say you love us, but is it really true, with all the insults you hurl our way in the House? Quebecers will not be taken in at the next referendum. They will never forget the rally held on October 27, 1995. We will not be fooled again.
The NDP member from Burnaby said: "Next time, 60 per cent of Quebecers will vote yes." The hon. member for Burnaby-Kingsway is right; he knows Quebec and shows some respect for Quebecers' wishes.
The hon. member also talked about the companies that could flee Quebec. Do you think these companies have decided to settle in Quebec just because they like us?
I was born in Chicoutimi, just like the hon. member representing the riding of Chicoutimi. In the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean area, we have Alcan and the paper mills. Why do you think Alcan chose to settle in Arvida, far away from the big markets? We are used to seeing aluminium plants springing up close to Chicago or Boston. Why do you think Alcan chose Arvida, in the depths of the country? Because of a natural resource called hydro. God created the Shipshaw and the Saguenay rivers and Alcan harnessed them to produce electricity.
This is why some companies have chosen the province of Quebec. These companies are not in Quebec because they like us or just to please us. Their goal is to make money. No matter what political system is in place, if there is no longer any money to be made, these companies would take up and leave. There is no money to be made here anymore? Let us go to the Philippines or to Mexico.
Once Quebec is sovereign, these companies will remain in Quebec if there is still money to be made.