Mr. Chair, the Bloc Québécois will definitely support this motion.
However, I would like to point out the following: Members of the federal, federalist and national parties get all worked up whenever there is a scandal like the one pertaining to Mr. Rousseau. They find it appalling and say that it should not happen again, but this has been happening again and again for the past 50 years due to the system in place. Meanwhile, they support full institutional bilingualism in Quebec and funding for anglophone lobby groups that constantly want more services in English, everywhere and for everyone.
Basically, they want people to live fully in English without ever speaking French, as Mr. Rousseau bragged. He said he had lived in Montreal for 14 years without speaking French. In his opinion, that reflects well on Montreal.
I believe that unless the system changes, there will be other Michael Rousseaus just about anywhere in Quebec. I believe Quebec needs to be independent to ensure the future of French. Thank you.
