Madam Speaker, there are three counties in my riding. Thank you for noting that.
I would like to ask my colleague one question, while of course congratulating him on his excellent speech. Can he explain once and for all to the Bloc Quebecois what a motion of non-confidence is? I would draw his attention to Beauchesne, 4th edition, citation 170. I would ask the hon. member to help me get this across to the Bloc. I have it here in English and will read it:
An amendment to the Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne is a motion of “No-confidence”.
Could my colleague help me explain that to the Bloc? We will thus be able to get it through to them that what they are asking for in wishing to amend the motion on the Speech from the Throne is, in fact, an expression of non-confidence in the government. That is what they themselves are about to do, presumably, in a few minutes.