Mr. Speaker, the CSN congress begins today and will choose a successor to the man who profoundly marked Quebec, Gérald Larose.
With 25 years of commitment and devotion to the cause of workers in Quebec, 16 of which were spent as the head of the CSN, he will remain an important figure in the history of the union movement in Quebec.
During his long career, he was a part of every struggle for social progress. Yesterday, in an interview in Le Devoir , he proposed a new way to look at the relations between society and government. We should pay attention to the words and ideas of this man of great experience.
An open and direct man, he always communicated with feeling the faults of a free market society and the need for a more equitable distribution of the collective wealth. He is also an ardent defender of the idea of a sovereign Quebec, which, for him represents as much the normal democratic and national course of the people of Quebec as social justice.
The Bloc Quebecois salutes this great man and wishes him good luck in his next undertaking.