Mr. Chair, I listened closely to the remarks of the hon. member as I did with the last member from the Bloc Quebecois. Let me be clear. One of the difficulties with members of the separatist party opposite is that they are almost starting to believe their own rhetoric. I just hope that the people in Quebec do not believe their rhetoric because they say that if Quebec were a separate nation, they would not be having this problem. That is not correct. The earlier speaker and the member opposite alluded to it as well.
We can talk about the dairy industry. The reason the dairy producers are able to survive in Quebec during this crisis is that we have a Canadian supply management system of which Quebec gets the major lion's share of the quota. That is one of the reasons people are able to survive in that province in the dairy industry. I am strongly supportive of that policy, because we have to operate together as Canadians to dig ourselves out of this crisis.
The hon. member made the point in terms of Alberta and if it is to get paid more than Quebec for getting cows off the market. I am glad that Alberta is able to do that. I am pleased that Alberta is able to do that with the assistance of the federal government as well. When we get some of those cattle off the market with the assistance of Alberta, all producers in Canada will benefit. Whether or not it is their cattle in their particular province that are being slaughtered, if we can bring supply and demand closer into balance, then the price in the marketplace should come up.
I want to ask the member directly, if the Canadian government and/or the Alberta government or other governments across the country start to bring the marketplace into balance and make it work the way it should work, does he not believe that his producers in the province of Quebec would benefit as well?
Let us be realistic here. Let us forget about the separatist rhetoric for a while and deal with the problem the Canadian beef producers are having in every province in Canada.