Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for his speech. Once again, I feel the need to provide a few biographical elements about my colleague and to remind this House that he was not only a member of the National Assembly of Quebec, but also a minister.
He will correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that he was responsible for manpower and training in the final years of the Bourassa government. Moreover, I believe that Ms. Harel was his critic for a short time. This goes to show that, throughout his political life, there will always be someone from Hochelaga—Maisonneuve looking over his shoulder.
With this in mind, I have two short questions for him. As the former minister responsible for manpower, does he agree that it is not the federal government's responsibility to become involved in manpower planning and the conditions under which health care professionals must work?
Second, as a former minister and former member of the National Assembly of Quebec, how important is it to him that the National Assembly reach consensus? When Jean Charest, Mario Dumont and Bernard Landry speak on behalf of the 125 MNAs who represent seven million Quebeckers and say no to Romanow, does he think this is significant?