Madam Speaker, first, to my kids Matthew and Emerson, who are watching while eating supper at home, good night, guys.
To the substance of this debate, I find it astounding that the Bloc Québécois, a party that its members say respects provincial jurisdiction, would, in the last two speeches, outline such a number of unbelievable interventions into that provincial jurisdiction by saying things like the oil industry is doomed to fail and thanking us for equalization but then saying that our prosperity is coming to an end.
I find it interesting that they seem to want to delegitimize this debate by saying it is not important because they are keeping an election promise, but do members know another election promise, a promise that was kept by the former American administration? It was steel and aluminum tariffs. In this House, we fought for Quebec, so it is time for Quebec to figure out that we need to fight for Alberta's best interests.
I know that there are Conservative colleagues from Quebec who do that each and every day, because when an industry like oil and gas thrives in this country, the entire country thrives, just like the industries in Quebec that can also thrive, making a federation that is supposed to work. It is this targeting of various industries that we see today that is absolutely unbelievable.
How can the member justify this hypocrisy?