Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Acting Prime Minister.
Last week, Jean Martel, the president of the Commission des valeurs mobilières du Québec and former national board member of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada, voiced his vehement opposition to the creation of a Canadian securities commission. His comments backed up the equally vehement criticism of the minister's plan by the president of the Montreal stock exchange.
The government is constantly claiming that it enjoys the support of the industry for its planned Canadian securities commission. Will it finally admit that the only consensus in place in Quebec in this connection is around opposition to the creation of such a commission?