Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to take the floor after my colleague’s obsequious remarks in which he blames everything on the public education system. That is precisely where the problem lies. If Canada had recognized years ago the existence of the Quebec nation, maybe the transfers to the provinces for education would not have been cut like they were under his government then led by Jean Chrétien. His own government cut the education transfers to the provinces, Quebec included, with the result that our elementary schools, high schools and colleges are critically underfunded.
The motion before us does not deal with language only. It also deals with the recognition of the Quebec nation and the elimination of the fiscal imbalance. We have no lessons to take from a member whose political party cut the transfers to the provinces and did not acknowledge the existence of the fiscal imbalance. As far as the obsequious remarks of the hon. member are concerned, I cannot wait to hear more.