Mr. Speaker, it is obvious that the amendment moved by a member from the Quebec City area is meant to make the motion we are debating meaningless.
Refusing to pay Quebec $2.6 billion in compensation, asking Quebec to stop collecting the QST and the GST, and wanting to have the federal government administer these taxes is contrary to the motion debated in the Quebec National Assembly. Obviously people are being deceived. The member's speech about equalization indicated some frustration. It was deceptive because the equalization issue has still not been settled.
It is easy to understand that the opposition parties are nervous because of the government's approach to the problems they are faced with. The speech made in this House is proof that the Conservative government is nowhere near ending its constitutional wrangling with Quebec.