Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister can talk all he likes about cooperation, but he shows no concern for the priorities of Quebeckers when it comes to managing their own affairs in their own areas of jurisdiction. That is one of their priorities and he is not recognizing it. Centralization pervades this throne speech. There are encroachments in education and manpower training, day care and municipalities. The government wants to create more Canadian programs with Canadian standards.
Will the Prime Minister at least have the decency to recognize that in Quebec's areas of jurisdiction he, like Jean Chrétien, has his foot on the gas and on symmetry?