Madam Speaker, I have been here for five years, and I never hear Bloc members talk about separating or about their independence. I do not think they are truly interested in that. I think they want to keep the arrangement going as it is. They keep stringing along voters by saying they care about their independence, yet they have voted with the government over and over again. They have supported the centralization of power here in Ottawa rather than respecting the jurisdiction and authority of the province of Quebec.
The Conservatives believe in empowering provinces, in strong provinces. With the way federalism works in this country, we have jurisdictional authorities, the provinces. We respect that, but the Liberals dabble in it all the time, especially when they think it benefits them. Then when it blows up in their faces, they blame the provinces. If I were the Premier of Quebec, I would be sick and tired of that happening. In fact, the Premier of Quebec has already said that he wants the Bloc Québécois to support bringing down the tired, corrupt government. I see the Bloc leader has finally gotten on board with that idea. It is just unfortunate that it took so long.