Madam Speaker, I have a few remarks for my colleague.
We are not the ones talking about referendums. For weeks, the government has been talking about a possible referendum. Who brought Bill C-20 before the House in order to lock up Quebec inside Canada? Not a single people can stand being in prison. A real confederation should be a partnership.
I must tell him that, with a bill such as the one that was passed by the House, we run the risk of having another referendum because of all this provocation.
The hon. member talked about the unemployment rate. The government has a $7 billion surplus, but people are not eligible for employment insurance any more. The eligibility rate has dropped from 75% or 80% to a mere 40%. We need not wonder why poverty has reached such a high level in Canada. In the seven years since the Liberals took office, poverty in families and child poverty have gone up 50%. This abysmal result has been confirmed by the United Nations. I find that deplorable.
I want to remind the hon. member that I was elected as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, and its basic principle is that we should work for national reconciliation. When the Meech Lake accord was passed, 92% of Canadians agreed. They are not the ones who scrapped it. It took only four or five vicious Liberals who look after their party's interests first instead of those of this country.