Mr. Speaker, first of all, allow me to congratulate the hon. member of the Reform Party on her speech which, in my opinion, was very sound. I want to thank her for recognizing the timeliness of the motion put forward by the Bloc and by my colleague from Rimouski. I would, however, like to make two brief comments.
First, I would just like to gently remind my hon. colleague that the official opposition is very concerned about Canadian culture. The proof of this is that we initiated and welcomed a debate on this subject.
As the official opposition, we are acting responsibly and with conviction. And if we are here in this House reaffirming our primary goal, which is to create a francophone country in the Americas to complement the Canadian, American or Spanish cultures and all countries of the Americas, it is only because we wish to put a new country on the map.