Mr. Speaker, this does not make sense. First of all, the member says that, if we had the same currency as the United States, Quebec would have no input into monetary policies.
Quebec forms 25% of Canada, and we already have no input into Canada's monetary policy. Is the member making fun of us? We had no input into the Constitution or the social union agreement. We never have any input. This will not change in an American context.
Now let us look at the facts. Canadian businesses already have bank accounts in U.S. dollars. Why? Because there is a tremendous amount of trade between Canada and the United States, to the tune of $1 billion a day. What country is the United States' largest trading partner? Is it Japan? Not at all. Is it Great Britain? Absolutely not. It is Canada, and 55% of Quebec's exports go to the United States.
Our businesses here in Canada already work in U.S. dollars. They try to stabilize uncertainties due to fluctuations by buying what is called future contracts on the value of the U.S. currency. We already have a highly integrated economy.
So, Mr. Know-it-all over there, holder of the absolute truth, who refuses that a committee of the House of Commons be struck to consider these issues, really does not know anything at all and above all does not want to know anything.