Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the Bloc Quebecois member. I will start with the problem we raised earlier this morning. My colleague from Winnipeg—Transcona emphasized that this motion was a bit weird and somewhat difficult to understand as far as the constitutional division of powers and responsibilities is concerned.
My French is not the best and I hope the member understood what I said. I would like to ask the member if the reason for the motion and the wording of it is more political than anything.
Certainly we would think that all Canadians, including Quebecers, want some accountability in terms of money that goes into health care. We are talking about scarce dollars and basing the statement on the knowledge that people are willing to invest more in health care, but they demand accountability.
It would seem from media reports that the sovereignist government is in trouble in Quebec. It may be choosing to fight its electoral future in the next provincial election on the health care issue.
This is what I understood from an article published in Le Devoir today. The journalist quoted Mr. Landry as follows:
“When we talk about sovereignty, we talk about health”, said Premier Landry at the opening session of the PQ national council meeting. He could have added “and the opposite is also true. When we talk about health, we talk about sovereignty”.
Is that the reason for the motion? Is there not a sense in Quebec, as there is in the rest of the country, that we need a national system, that we need federal dollars and that we need some accountability over those dollars?