Mr. Speaker, yes this is a motion about going under the mother hen of the U.S. dollar. I would respectively suggest that this motion lays an egg. The only question is how to poach it.
The real issue is that no country has fared better under the U.S. dollar. Puerto Rico, in particular, is an excellent example of a country that is without sovereignty, without direction and a country that cannot make an impact because it has no control over its finances or its fiscal or monetary policy.
If the hon. member wishes to have Canada or, more particularly, Quebec become another Puerto Rico in this hemisphere, then he is welcome to it. We on this side of the House will resist very strongly.