Madam Speaker, you understood that I was about to get to that. But beforehand I wanted to tell my colleague from St. Boniface that we, from the Bloc Quebecois, are representing our province, our country, Quebec, in the best and most faithful way. That is why the opinion polls are so encouraging. I hope our standing will not drop.
I invite the Reform Party to do a good job in showing opposition in this House. They could, as well, kick the Liberal Party out of the other provinces. In Quebec, we are taking care of it. We will take care of the Liberal Party in Quebec. Fairness, that is what Quebecers want. They are frustrated by unfair treatments and have a hard time forgetting them.
My hon. colleague seems to have misinterpreted Bill C-14. Maybe it is not the same in English and in French. Personally, I read the French version, and it clearly says that railway companies have no obligation to maintain crossings, make fences or install drainage culverts under the railway once is constructed.
I remind the member for St. Boniface that, as mayor of my village, Garthby, I had to negotiate with Quebec Central Railway. I reread Bill C-111, which became C-101, which became C-14, and that is how I discovered this shortcoming.
My colleague, the member for St. Boniface, should read carefully the legislation, perhaps in both languages, because the translation often leaves little shortcomings that can change the interpretation.
I conclude rapidly on the issue of environmental assessment. For your party, the past is no guarantee for the future. Take the Irving Whale for example. Early next September it will have been sitting on the ocean floor for 26 years, rusting away and leaking contaminated oil. We spent over $20 million last year, the government organizing three so-called environmental public consultation sessions to end up with nothing, absolutely nothing. We will start all over again this year.