Mr. Speaker, I will respond to these three points.
First, the motion has nothing to do with separatism, at least not directly. This is not a referendum. What I said is that the more tax points are transferred to the provinces, the less important the federal government is in Quebec. This advances the cause of separatism. This is what I said.
Second, I said that it was actually Quebec which was in favour of a single currency, namely the U.S. dollar, because no one among Toronto business people wanted to hear about it.
I also said that a handful of academics including Thomas Courchene supported the idea. I admit to it.
Finally with regard to the finance minister's buddies, yes, I became a Liberal, but I am the only one. The other ones are probably more conservative. I did not make the forecasts, the big forecasting agencies made them, namely universities. They have no axe to grind, no political axe to grind.
Maybe they are right, maybe they are wrong, but they are politically neutral.