It's this type of excessive language that I condemn, Mr. Chairman, just as I condemn the fact that the Bloc Québécois politicized the whole debate over the re-enactment of Battle of the Plains of Abraham. I condemn the fact that they wanted to exploit that. I don't like this type of excessive language or extremism on the part of Conservative members of this committee. It's not that I'm defending the Bloc Québécois nor is it my job to do so—but MPs did distance themselves from those comments and have been advertising the fact ever since. I strongly condemn the extremely harsh comments made by some of the more extremist elements, such as Mr. Falardeau, Mr. Bourgeois and others as well.
However, I don't understand why the Conservatives don't get it. With all due respect, I invite them to ask one of their Quebec members of Parliament to sit on the Heritage Committee; perhaps he or she would understand what this is all about. I don't understand how they can engage in such excess. Mr. Chairman, we can't have people highjacking the work of the Canadian Heritage Committee. We have people here, artists who have had their funding cut, as well as theatre and dance companies. That is what we are here to discuss, so I would ask that people not highjack this committee's work by moving motions intended to have Mr. Juneau appear, for example, or other such futile motions.