Since we started back this fall, the federal Liberals have been making shameless use of the period allocated for statements by members to denigrate the policies of the Quebec government, the Quebec premier, and all of the sovereignist spokespersons. Liberal members are resorting to these dodgy tactics at the rate of about two statements a day under Standing Order 31, about 20 per cent of their speaking time. The federal Liberals are so obsessed with dumping on Quebec that they are no longer fulfilling their role as members of the government party. Ethanol will provide new prosperity for corn growers and it will boost Ontario's economy. The first phase of the ethanol plant will start next week, through the efforts of many, especially our minister of agriculture.
Ethanol is a win-win proposal for our environment, farmers and long term economic growth.
I am equally proud of this government's intestinal fortitude and determination to ban MMT, the nasty American fuel additive. Alternative fuels are the wave of the future. I urge all hon. Apparently, if conditions continue unchanged, the Canadian deficit will be completely eliminated by the year 2000. How can the Bloc Quebecois continue its unfair criticism of our strategy to tackle the deficit, when its boss, the PQ, is congratulating us on our work and offering us public support.