My grandmother also used to tell me the same thing when I used that kind of language.
In other words, when one has the honour of representing Quebeckers, as my colleague does and we do, we have to report the truth. The problem we had during the last 30 years, before the Bloc Quebecois came on the federal scene, is that there was a double legitimacy: there were those in the National Assembly in Quebec City who said one thing, quite often the right thing, and there were the federalist representatives of Quebec in the House of Commons who said the opposite because they had to follow Mr. Trudeau, because there had to be a balance between the east and the west, and so on. There were often contradictions between what was said here in Ottawa and what was said in Quebec City.
For once, one can say that the Bloc Quebecois here is defending the true interests of Quebeckers, interests that are based on a consensus. I challenge the member to say that his position on the millennium scholarships fund reflects the position of Quebeckers. We debated the issue for weeks, there were representations from all the legitimate representatives of Quebec, namely organisations that really count in Quebec, students federations, workers unions and business people. They are all against the millennium scholarships.
The member should stop saying things that are not correct. It is not true that the millennium scholarships fund will help needy students. This fund will actually be useful to an elite because the scholarships will be granted on the basis of merit, not need.