Mr. Speaker, first I want to congratulate my colleague the hon. member for Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup for his very timely speech. The Conservatives were saying “Vote for us”. In some Quebec ridings, they were saying “Vote for us and we will give you a minister”. But the ministers they have given us in Quebec have quickly adopted Elvis Gratton's philosophy and think “There's no way like the American way”. This is more or less what they are telling us. However, these people have been elected, just like us, to defend all Canadians, but first of all the Quebec people, particularly when there are such important interests at stake.
What are we doing? We are shirking our responsibilities, leaving them to the Americans. We are telling them “We are going to give you all the space you need to tell us how much we will get and how you will invest it”. This is unacceptable. Quebec ministers should be ashamed to act this way and to defend such a position in this House. I would like my colleague to tell me if it is too late to turn things around as far as this contract is concerned.