Hon. Dennis Dawson:

Two years ago, honourable senators, Prime Minister Harper campaigned on the concept of respecting the will of the provinces. In particular, I recall his promise to respect the provinces' wishes when it comes to international negotiations. Once again, the Conservative government says one thing, but does another. All the parties in the Quebec National Assembly recognize the importance of the Kyoto Protocol. The government is thumbing its nose at the consensus in Quebec. In spite of everything, in his budget speech, the Minister of Finance, Mr. Flaherty, said that the long, tiring, unproductive era of bickering between the provincial and federal governments is over. How can we believe such a statement when the federal government is not keeping its promise to communicate the positions of Quebec and the other provinces to the rest of the world?

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