If I may begin with a comment, I will mention the recent statement by the government on the status of Quebeckers as a nation. I don't have a problem with Quebec identity; Quebeckers believe that they form a people.
For some 10 or 11 months now, we have been waiting for the current government to make a statement in which it would adopt a firm position on the issue of Canadian francophone communities.
When Mr. Harper talks about the francophonie, he always turns to Quebec. I am concerned that we are not really included in what your government is currently saying and I would like confirmation that it is not talking about one aspect of the francophonie within a specific region.
When we hear such discourse in the absence of a firm statement on the status of francophones outside Quebec, we feel as if we are persona non grata, we feel that we don't exist and that we are not important. I am not playing the victim, but I am asking you to take a stand, to talk about us and to promote linguistic duality. That is what we want, and we will work with you to make this happen.