Mr. Speaker, I believe that our hon. colleague has shown great wisdom, and has as usual risen above party politics. I want to ask him a few questions.
Some historians claim that the Quebec Liberal Party is more progressive and more nationalistic than the federal Liberal party. I questioned my hon. colleague on the government side who represents the riding of Beauharnois—Salaberry and was formerly the minister responsible for manpower training in the National Assembly during the final years of the Bourassa government. He told everyone here in the House that had he been in the National Assembly, he would have asked Jean Charest not to vote in favour of the consensus.
Are we to understand that there is a rift, as he sees it, between the Liberal Party of Canada, and the Quebec Liberal Party, and are we witnessing a most unfortunate squabble at the expense of Quebeckers?