Mr. Speaker, at a time when calls for solidarity and cohesion are heard on the issue of Montreal airports, the Bloc Quebecois is displaying its political expediency and adding to the confusion about the future of Mirabel.
Yesterday, the Leader of the Opposition once again displayed his poor knowledge of political issues in Quebec when he referred to, and I quote: "the more recent decision to build Mirabel airport, which did considerable harm to Montreal's air traffic".
How can the member for Roberval condemn Mirabel in such a way, claiming that it has harmed Montreal's economy, when members from his own caucus have publicly expressed themselves in favour of the survival of Mirabel airport? Are we to understand from the Bloc leader's remarks that, as usual, the statement he made yesterday is simply a way to pave the way to the decision his leader, Lucien Bouchard, is preparing to announce?