Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for his remarks about this major crisis shaking Canada and Quebec.
I would like to put the crisis into perhaps a broader context, as part of the accomplishments of, or the mess made by, the Conservative government.
When we were told that $4 billion was going to be cut from the public service and that 19,000 people were going to be laid off, but that it was not going to affect services to the public, that it was going to have no effect and that we were going to save $4 billion in administrative and photocopying costs, they treated us like fools, they laughed right in our faces. Today, we see the effect: we have no means of ensuring public safety and no means of providing real services directly to the public.
I would like to hear how the distinguished member feels about the Conservatives blindly cutting services to Canadians and compromising their safety.