Mr. Speaker, I listened with great interest to the member across the way.
The word co-operation came up an awful lot. It really is hard to sit in my seat and listen to this when I think back to the 1997 election campaign where the Reform Party made signs that said it did not want to have a premier or a prime minister from Quebec. Now I ask, does that sound like the Reform Party wants co-operation with Quebec?
It really is hollow when we listen to words like those from the opposition. The Reform Party would have been very happy to have had a crisis in Quebec. The vote last night was very solid. It does say that Quebecers indeed do want to be a part of Canada. Thank goodness that the people of Quebec have not listened to the Reform Party. The Reform Party's rhetoric, its meanness of spirit, its not wanting to have Quebecers as a part of Canada is awful.
Could the hon. member across the way explain to me how he and and his party could make this statement, that they would never want a prime minister from Quebec?