Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Jonquière.
I spent three extraordinary weeks in the city of Jonquière during an immersion course. The course was excellent, even though the student was not that good.
I congratulate the member on her first reply to a speech in the House. She mentioned the important issues that are before us, and she is absolutely right, the unemployed and the environment and other important issues are what we should be discussing.
I would remind her that we have spent a whole day in the House debating a motion put forward by the Bloc because this is an opposition day, and the Bloc gets to choose the topic. We have done it willingly because democracy is at the base of dealing with the problems of unemployment and other important matters that the member raised.
The member should not blame us for the silliness that has taken place in the House today. However, I will relay to her that the answer to every single one of her questions is yes.
I would also say to her that in the House we try and respond to the interests of all Canadians, not just the people of one region. In my remarks I was trying to involve Canadians in the idea that they have a fine election system and that we do not need a day of debate to fix something which is not broken.