Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to reply to the comments made by the hon. member for Matapédia—Matane.
First of all, I will answer a question that he did not ask, but that is still a question for me. He said he was insulted by the comments I made about Mr. Parizeau. In reply to that, I say that I was only quoting the exact words the former Quebec Premier had used, as reported in Le Devoir .
If the hon. member is so insulted by what the former Prime Minister of Canada, I would ask him this: Why did the Parti Quebecois ask for Mr. Parizeau's resignation immediately following the referendum? Because Mr. Parizeau had insulted Quebecers.