It was those MPs who brought forward the idea and the initiative to have this particular accord in place so that the people of Atlantic Canada, the people of Newfoundland and Labrador, as the member of Parliament for St. John's South—Mount Pearl just said, could finally enjoy part of the promise of Confederation, which was that they would be able to share in their own prosperity and would not continually have it taped off and raked off by a federal government that is concerned only about its pursuit of power right here in this part of the country.
Ce sont ces députés qui ont lancé l'idée et le projet de cet accord qui permettra aux Canadiens de l'Atlantique, aux habitants de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, comme le député de St. John's-Sud—Mount Pearl vient de le souligner, de tirer enfin profit d'une partie des promesses de la Confédération, c'est-à-dire le droit de profiter de leur prospérité sans voir le gouvernement fédéral, qui ne cherche qu'à garder le pouvoir ici, s'en mettre plein les poches.
