Madam Speaker, I would like to address a few comments to the members across the floor, particularly to the last two who spoke from the government side.
I think we have to consider a couple of things with what is being put forward with this motion. We must recognize that in Canada today, through the democratic process, Quebec Canadians have elected the Bloc members who are here in the House. There is something that has caused them to get frustrated to the point where they would choose to elect the Bloc members on this side of the House.
Although I do not agree with the motion that has been put forward by the Bloc, I do recognize some of the frustration that Quebeckers feel with the current government. I was interested in hearing some of the comments that members across the way made earlier in talking about the integrity of the Liberal government.
I am reminded again of the GST promise that we have not had anything delivered on. Taxes have increased. We heard the member misquote our leader. He even said that the figures prove the Liberals' good performance. I refer to a $600 billion debt, to taxes that take us six months to pay, $45 billion in interest payments every year, 29 new spending increases in the throne speech. With all this he says they are lowering the tax burden.
They come in here and with this litany of tax and debts, they hold up the UN's announcement of how we are the favoured nation and the chosen nation.
If we are the best of a bad lot, is that the best we can do? I say that Canada has a great potential to do even more than we have, but we are limited by the government to the point that Canadians in Quebec have become so frustrated that they are electing Bloc members.
I ask the member who spoke previously when will this government realize that Canadians are asking for lower taxes and some integrity in government instead of the misguided increased tax and mismanagement that we continue to see from this government? That is the crux of the question.
If we could have integrity and proper management of the fiscal issues in this country, perhaps we would not be faced with Bloc motions such as the one we are dealing with today.