Mr. Speaker, I would correct the hon. member in one respect, namely that I started thinking about his motion at 10 o'clock this morning. I have thought about the issues it raises on many occasions. In my view, as it is phrased, the motion is a nonsense motion and not one that yields a serious conclusion.
As to whether people in Florida are discussing this issue, I am not privy to that information. It may be that Quebec is going to annex Florida or Florida is going to annex Quebec. I am not sure. However, I understand that there are a number of people down there who would like to do that.
I would address my hon. colleague's attention to an article in this morning's National Post entitled “The Case for a World Dollar”. I read that article initially not even knowing the debate would occur here today. I put the article down and thought it incoherent. It made no case for a world dollar, let alone a North American currency. With the greatest of respect to my hon. colleague, I would suggest that his case has not been made and that in fact he has created for himself difficulties that he has yet to anticipate.