Madam Speaker, today, we are examining a motion that asks us whether we have confidence in the government.
My colleague talked a lot about history, but I would like to remind him of two or three facts.
We could look back at the Second World War, when a federal government got elected by promising that it would never impose conscription, but conscription did happen. We could look back at 1970, when 500 Quebeckers were imprisoned for no reason, without rights, because of a Liberal government order. We could look back at the night of the long knives in 1982, when an agreement was signed with all of the premiers behind Quebec's back. We could look back at Meech Lake, when an attempt was made to reintegrate Quebec into the Constitution. Quebec had minimal demands, but they were all dismissed out of hand.
Today, we are being asked whether Quebeckers have confidence in the Liberal government. No, we do not. We did not have confidence in it yesterday, we do not have confidence in it today, and we will not have confidence in it tomorrow, but we also do not have confidence in the Conservatives. We do not have confidence in the NDP either. We do not have confidence in anyone in the House.
The Bloc Québécois exists because Quebeckers' rights have been violated for 150 years under the Constitution. This is not an issue that is going to be resolved today.