Mr. Speaker, Quebecers pay over $7 billion annually in interest on the debt of the government of Bernard Landry.
Why not pay down the debt by $1 billion rather than the $500 million announced? This is a gimmick, not good sense.
Last year, Bernard Landry put his surpluses of $750 million in non-profit bodies headed by his Péquiste friends.
Today, he is doing the same thing. The sum of $950 million is being put in the Caisse de dépôt et placement for the next election campaign in Quebec or for the referendum.