Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Prime Minister urged countries in trouble to combine fiscal discipline with economic growth measures.
Yet this same Prime Minister is forcing the passage of Bill C-38, a bill that will harm Quebec's economy.
We have only to think about the cuts to the Maurice Lamontagne Institute, the jewel of marine research, the cuts to the budget for regional economic development, the reform of employment insurance that will make the unemployed poorer and deprive businesses of the employees that they themselves have trained.
Why is the Prime Minister not practising what he preaches? What is the reason for these measures that are weakening Quebec's economy?