Procedure and House Affairs committee  All right. Some proposals, according to which other groups should be better represented, should be studied. However, for Quebeckers, that all means that we have to preserve the representation we have in Quebec. So we need time to discuss these matters and to see how that could be

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You can go back over the debates of the past if you want, Mr. Dion. However, you are in fact withdrawing Quebec's constitutional right to have 75 representatives. That's unacceptable to us.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  When you put all that together, the effect it produces is clearly to reduce Quebec's weight and influence. If that suits you as a Quebecker, then please don't ask us to cry over what previously happened. That has nothing to do with what is going on now. The principles are clear.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Dion, your shifting the debate. That's not the issue. The National Assembly unanimously adopted a motion three times, and recently again. It's on that basis that we must discuss the issue of the change proposed in Bill C-20. We're saying that Bill C-20 is unacceptable to Queb

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Look, this isn't a history class, Mr. Dion. We're talking about Bill C-20. I've come to testify here on the position of the National Assembly, which unanimously decreed that this was unacceptable to us. I'm not here for a history lesson.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm here to say what Quebec has unanimously decided. We think the democratic government of Canada, the federal government, should take that into account in its proposals. In that respect, Bill C-20 is unacceptable to Quebec.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  When the federal government proposes changes, it should take Quebec into account, respect Quebec's political weight and ensure that our constitutional guarantees are honoured. It is not doing that in this case, and I believe that we are rightly entitled to say that that does not

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The Bloc Québécois has said since this bill was introduced that, in our current economic situation, we see no need to change the current rules. It seems clear to us that the public does not need any more governors. We currently have all we need. We feel this change is utterly ina

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We have nothing to say to the other provinces. We have things to say about Quebec. We have constitutional guarantees. We also have the principle of the two founding peoples. We see that, with what is being presented, Quebec's political weight is being reduced, something we will n

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The question for us is not whether there is enough time. Rather it's that we are seriously opposed to these new rules that the government wants to put in place for the next election.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Good morning. I appreciate this opportunity today to outline the Bloc Québécois' position on Bill C-20, which proposes a fundamental change to Quebec's representation in the House of Commons. The Bloc Québécois, like Quebec's National Assembly, vigorously opposes Bill C-20 beca