Sans la vigilance du Bloc québécois, du front commun de tous les premiers ministres et, ma foi, je pense qu'il faut la mettre dans la balance, l'imminence d'une élection dans les prochaines semaines, jamais nous ne serions parvenus à une entente comme celle-là.
Had it not been for the vigilance of the Bloc Quebecois, the common front presented by all the first ministers and, I think we would have to agree, the impending election, we would never have arrived at an agreement such as this.