Mr. Speaker, I wish I could understand the position of the Bloc Quebecois which has been asking us specifically not to negotiate anything with the United States government. The Bloc says “Let free trade develop as it should”. Bloc Quebecois members have been most vigilant in this House to prevent me from having a dialogue that could possibly lead to negotiations.
There is a blatant contradiction between what the Bloc Quebecois member just said and what the Quebec industry is asking, and what the party's head office, the PQ in Quebec City, is asking.