I really appreciate the responsibilities of this committee, on which I have been for a few years and whose proceedings I have been following for over four decades. I am well aware that this committee has major responsibilities, but I don't really like hearing some of the new members try to lecture us. Actually, in many cases, it is not so much lecturing as it is wagging fingers.
I have been defending the rights of francophones in a minority situation in Ontario in education, justice and health, and I have achieved tangible results. So I do not appreciate the tone we are being lectured in. The unanimous consent given by the House in June was not conditional; it was unanimous and unconditional. If some people want to get into BS or demagoguery, they can go right ahead, but not at my expense.
Thank you.