Madam Speaker, I listened to my colleague from St. Paul's comments on the motion before us today. It is hard to believe that the hon. member for St. Paul's can make such insulting comments not only about Bloc members but about all Quebecers.
This shows-as the people listening to us will realize-how the Bloc was justified in putting forward the issue of family trusts, how this hurts the Liberal government across the way, how they are not defending the interests of taxpayers in Canada and Quebec. It is the interests of those who contribute to their election fund they are looking after.
In 10 minutes, he managed to talk about the experts he claims the Bloc Quebecois is denigrating. He forgot to say that the experts who appeared before the finance committee were invited by the committee chairman himself and that these experts come from firms that, as we said before, contribute generously to the Liberal Party's coffers.
When someone as credible as the auditor general came before this committee to shed light, to tell the truth, he was harassed. They would have fired him if they could, because he had dared to tell the truth.
Then the hon. member for St. Paul's paints everything with the same brush. This is called condemnation in-