Mr. Speaker, frankly I must say loudly and enthusiastically that I would never have thought a day would come when I would stand in this House to speak on a bill modelled after the public financing legislation passed in Quebec in 1977, at the instigation of René Lévesque. It has happened, and I must say that I take pride in that.
I was in attendance when the Prime Minister made his speech, and I want to point out that he paid tribute to René Lévesque. Let me read what he said. This is Jean Chrétien speaking, “I was not always in agreement with René Lévesque—”