Mr. Speaker, what do the banks, Alliance Quebec, the Council for Canadian Unity and the Minister of Canadian Heritage have in common? All of them were on the no side in the last referendum.
It comes as no surprise, therefore, that millions of dollars are being passed back and forth between these fine people, to stop Quebec from achieving sovereignty. But they will not get off lightly.
While it is subsidized through Heritage Canada's official languages envelope, the Council for Canadian Unity also received $5 million from the same source to finance its political arm, Option Canada. The same council receives hundreds of thousands of dollars from banking institutions, including the Bank of Montreal, the Royal Bank, CIBC, Toronto Dominion and the Bank of Nova Scotia. Together with Heritage Canada, banks also finance Alliance Quebec to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Tell me whom you finance and I will tell you against whom you are.