Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Gentlemen from the Barreau du Québec, welcome to your House of Commons. It's a pleasure to meet you. This is very interesting. I'm quite pleased to be replacing the member for Parry Sound—Muskoka. It will be my pleasure to replace him anytime. This is really interesting.
There are two points I'd like to raise with you: minimum sentences are one, but first of all I'd like to touch on Canadian diversity.
It goes without saying that we are in favour of the principle of Canadian diversity, but the issue remains as to how that should be applied. What do you suggest? Do we apply the statistics on Canadian diversity throughout Canada, or by district?
According to Statistics Canada, a little more than 20% of Canadians were born outside of Canada, but in Toronto that percentage is over 50%.
Should we reflect the local, provincial or national reality?