Mr. Speaker, yesterday in the House we passed an historic bill, Bill C-20, to protect the interests of all Canadians when it comes to the possibility of a province indicating its desire to separate from Canada, but today a senior American defence official is quoted as referring to Canada as the 51st state.
The Canadian Minister of Industry is indicating his desire to eliminate the foreign ownership rules of our most important of industries. The Canadian Minister for International Trade is still discussing ways of giving away our sovereignty and resources such as water through the WTO.
The Conservatives and Reformers would only like the Liberals to put up their for sale sign faster. Only New Democrats such as my colleagues from Halifax West, Winnipeg—Transcona and Regina—Qu'Appelle are standing up for Canada. I ask the Liberals who are having their convention this weekend which flag they will be flying, the Canadian flag or the American flag?