Thank you very much, Mr. Williamson.
I've long admired your French. As a member from Quebec, I like hearing MPs from outside the province who represent French-speaking communities or populations speak the other official language. Bravo!
My question is about the name of your riding. I fully understand your point of view. You'd like it to keep its name. Perhaps the committee should align with your point of view. I suspect you won't be the only person to suggest keeping or changing the name of a riding to reflect what the people in the community prefer.
That said, I'm a somewhat structured thinker. I don't understand your logic. You're saying that if the name of your riding is changed, people are going to think of Quebec. But that's not the case for St. Albert—Edmonton, which is another place in the country where people speak French. It's the same thing for Saint‑Boniface—Saint‑Vital. When people pronounce it in English, no one thinks it's in New Brunswick or Ontario. Anglophones will pronounce the names in English; francophones will pronounce them in French.
I don't understand this reasoning. Can you enlighten me?