Madam Speaker, this is totally unbelievable. How could the Liberal members, English speaking Canadians for the most part who do not read Quebec's French newspapers, who do not watch Quebec's French television or listen to Quebec's French radio stations, manage to understand the question better than the people who live in Quebec, who watch television every day, read the papers, listen to the radio and have followed this debate for many generations now?
How can the people in the rest of Canada have the gall to believe that they are smarter than the average Quebecer and are in a better position to interpret and understand the meaning of a question?
Do they consider the people of Quebec to be idiots who are unable to understand the meaning of a question? Should we have to answer on the ballot the question “Do you understand the question you have just answered, yes or no?”
This is exactly what the people across the way want us to do. After the referendum, they are going to try to determine if the average Quebecer knew what he or she was doing when answering the question. Do they think we are stupid or what?
They should think it over for a moment. This is not a clarity bill, it is a bad faith bill, and I would like the Reform member to tell us how she reacts to the fact that this bill makes me feel isolated from the rest of Canada.