Mr. Speaker, following the introduction by the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs of a bill denying the basic rights of Quebecers—they are going even further today by denying the rights of parliamentarians to bring their own witnesses before the committee and to express at length their position on this question so vital to Quebec and Canada—I have in my hand an excellent article of the prestigious La Tribune of Sherbrooke in which Mr. Dumont describes Mr. Chrétien's action as pointless.
I consider it important to read you a few quotes from statements by Mr. Dumont, who spoke very well on the issue. Mr. Dumont is the president and leader of the ADQ. He has some importance in the debate before us.
This is his second visit to Victoriaville. Even though it is Sherbrooke's prestigious paper, the facts I am going to quote for you took place in Victoriaville. It mentions that the debate is underway and that the Prime Minister should not continue his actions, because—