Madam Speaker, it is unfortunate that on the last day, on a day I should perhaps call a national day of mourning for the people of one region, someone has the nerve to stand up in this House and provoke us by comparing people from different regions and making distinctions between people from Ontario, from Quebec and from New Brunswick. Does he mean that there are second class citizens in Canada?
I can hardly control my anger, but my anger is nothing compared to what awaits them if they dare visit some parts of Canada where people believe that their occupation is a noble one. If those people are told that they must compare their situation to what Ontario got-Madam Speaker, how is it that when the Department of Industry allocates its research and development funds it is always the same who receive the lion's share?
And they say that they paid to much in unemployment insurance. This is shocking and appalling. There are words that I do not want to use because I want to follow rules and because I want to be here to vote against the bill.
Speaking about comparisons, we can say that we were had last Thursday. The Minister of Fisheries chose to publish his new fee schedule exactly at the time the Quebec government was bringing down its budget. Unfortunately, the parliamentary secretary did say: "Yes, it is true that in Quebec you are going to pay a little more for the navigation aids that the Coast Guard will offer". When time comes to do some Quebec-bashing, they do not hesitate, but they deny it. They do it when the media's attention is on something else in Quebec City. But when times comes to face the facts, they prefer to hide.
How can we make them understand? I wanted in good faith to work here. I wanted to make them understand, but, on the last day, they want to make a comparison. If they want to compare apples, let then let us compare apples, but when we are speaking of money and remuneration like that, I wish they would put everything on the table. This is not the case presently. They are making comparisons about people who want to work but who, since there are no jobs, need that economic stabilizer that unemployment insurance is.
I will conclude with the following point. Can you cut firewood in downtown Toronto? Can you fish lobster and other species in downtown Toronto? No. Tell us if we are not welcome there, and if that is the case, so long, folks.