Mr. Speaker, I was asking my colleague, for whom I have much respect—we were together in the national assembly—if that was the model he wanted, the most centralized model of all.
We are talking about federal centralization here, about the most decentralized state in the world, including Switzerland. Is it the Quebec model that we want, a model that centralizes municipalities, that centralizes hospital boards since it will now appoint its members? Before long, everything will be centralized in Quebec and everything will be conducted by the government of Quebec.
I prefer this federal model where everything is decentralized and where we can at least discuss the issue and hon. members can have their say—