Mr. Speaker, I would like to explain to people watching that this is an opposition day. Each year each of the four opposition parties receives a certain number of days on which they can pick any topic they want to debate. Today we are debating a motion by the Bloc which has to do with Kosovo.
We just listened to the third speech made by a Reform member. In that speech, as in the ones we heard this morning, there was the usual criticism of the government and much sanctimonious talk about democracy and how we should be dealing with Kosovo. By the way, this is our fourth debate on Kosovo. What people watching may not realize is that the Reform Party had an opposition day on which it could choose any topic it wished. That opposition day followed the all-night debate on Kosovo. The Reform Party picked a Mickey Mouse motion. It was a tragic-comic, partisan motion about alienation.
My question to the Reform member is this: If he is so keen on this issue, as he purports to be, why is it they picked the comic strip motion the day following the Kosovo debate instead of supporting the Bloc motion today? That is not a party which normally supports the Bloc. It is the party which says “No more prime ministers from Quebec”.