Mr. Chair, from the outset, I simply want to tell you that I wasn't accusing you of not being impartial as chair. I was simply stating the facts, as my colleague Mr. Iacono earlier relayed facts that we feel are not true, let's just say.
Mr. Chair, we're talking about the lack of an apology in the House of Commons by the member concerned. We, the Conservatives, are being accused of not getting him to apologize quickly enough.
My colleague Mr. Lightbound, the member for Louis‑Hébert, is accusing us, the francophone members of the Conservative Party, of not defending the French language. Where was he when his colleague made unacceptable comments to the witnesses, as has already been mentioned? It took five days for an apology to be offered.
Before he hurls insults at us for not moving quickly, I would like to remind my colleague from Louis‑Hébert, Joël Lightbound, that we were never aware of any measures he took within his party to encourage his colleague to apologize.
Speaking of apologies, Mr. Chair, I have here the verbatim record of what happened in the House of Commons on October 24. I won't read it in its entirety, but if there are questions, you can interrupt me, Mr. Chair.
At 3:02 p.m., Larry Brock rose and asked a question, probably to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement, Mr. Duclos. Mr. Fergus turned the floor over to Minister Duclos, who said:
Mr. Speaker, you also could have said it in French, because I am going to say something in French that my colleague has already heard several times in English.
Mr. Duclos is asking Mr. Brock to speak in French. Mr. Brock has rights.