Mr. Speaker, I am obliged to respect the opinions of the Reform member, because he is saying that we in the Bloc defend the interests of Quebec. I will not deny it. He is absolutely right.
The Bloc Quebecois is here mainly to defend Quebec's interests. Our candidates ran only in Quebec—as you can see, we have no members from Ontario or the West—but we still maintain a dialogue with people from the other provinces, like those in the West.
The difference is obvious. I am not saying my colleague does not represent his part of the country well, but there is clearly a different mentality. I have always maintained there were two countries within Canada, and the Reform member is confirming the fact. Things are quite different in Quebec.
However, it bothers me to hear people saying that giving more rights to workers as a group is a step backwards. When we respect individual rights more, it is in fact a step forward. This is not what we are seeing in the western world. The 101 countries—I do not know where he got them from—but, generally speaking, the number of social measures in OECD countries is on the rise.
On the subject of the Quebec charter of rights, he forgot a number of sections. He might also have mentioned the United Nations' charter. It supports freedoms of expression and of association. Employees of a company have the fundamental right to join together in a union to collectively defend their individual rights. As individuals, they could never manage it on their own.