Madam Speaker, I am not without scruples, but above all I am certainly no Liberal. I know my colleague was joking when he said it, but I will remember Momo and “turlututu”.
I agree with one thing the member brought up. Yesterday, in fact, in parliamentary committee, I did not necessarily make a big deal of it, but I did jump on the fact that this Liberal government, which loves to lecture everyone, spent nearly $40 billion of taxpayers money on a pipeline project that was private, and not even for sale. The government bought it, built it and it cost six times more than expected. Only the Liberals could get something that wrong.
I would remind the member, however, that he is in a region where a lot of people get around by truck, pick-up or snowmobile. The season is about to start, if I am not mistaken. I think that the Monts-Valin mountains are in his riding. A lot of people will be driving around there on snowmobiles and chances are they will need to use fuel.
What does he have to say to these millions of Quebeckers who, according to the latest figures, have used nearly 19 billion litres of oil? There has been a 7% increase in oil consumption in Quebec. What do we tell these people? Do we tell them they have to buy their oil abroad or can we be self-sufficient here in Canada?