Mr. Speaker, those who have no credibility are those who make such remarks because, if there are problems, they are attributable to the federal government, even with Quebec still in the federation. The sovereignists have undertaken to recognize and maintain the rights of Anglo-Quebecers in a sovereign Quebec.
When the minister implies, and this is too often the case with federal ministers, that communities would no longer have rights without Quebec, is this not blackmail, because these communities should have collective rights, whether or not Quebec is there, because these communities exist in their own right in Acadia and throughout Canada, whether or not Quebec is a member of the federation? This is blackmail.