Discussion · Oral Questions
Steven MacKinnon Liberal
“We are ready to negotiate trade deals. The Bloc Québécois is only asking these questions to distract people because Quebec mayors and newspapers criticized them yesterday for opposing high-speed rail.”
“Mr. Speaker, obviously, the government is more than ready to enter into trade negotiations, but why are the Bloc Québécois members asking these questions? It is because they had a very bad day yesterday after their fierce opposition to the high-speed rail project. The mayors of Quebec’s big cities have denounced the Bloc’s position. Even Le Journal de Montréal has criticized their position, saying they have shot themselves in the foot. I can confirm that they have indeed shot themselves in the foot.”
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Mr. Speaker, obviously, the government is more than ready to enter into trade negotiations, but why are the Bloc Québécois members asking these questions? It is because they had a very bad day yesterday after their fierce opposition to the high-speed rail project. The mayors of Quebec’s big cities have denounced the Bloc’s position. Even Le Journal de Montréal has criticized their position, saying they have shot themselves in the foot. I can confirm that they have indeed shot themselves in the foot.