Madam Speaker, my colleague talked a lot about the government having to cut in order to balance the books in some way.
Lately I have read with great interest about a past colleague of ours in 1993, when Mr. Bouchard was in this Chamber. He talked a lot about being able to do things magically, being able to balance books without having to cut back on services. I have since read an awful lot about the fact that Mr. Bouchard has had to make a lot of cutbacks. He has had to try to balance the books. As I understand it right now, he is falling dramatically in the polls. The support for separation and leaving Canada is not a popular concept any more in Quebec.
I wonder if the hon. member could tell me how he feels about the fact that his premier who has left here has had to go on and do the very same things to try to balance the books and make a better Quebec. It seems to me that my hon. colleague was speaking against the Liberal Party making cuts when in fact the premier of Quebec had to leave here to do the same thing.
Could we have a direct comment on Mr. Bouchard having so much difficulty?