Mr. Speaker, the federal government is continuing to project abroad a totally biased image of the Canadian reality.
In an ad published by the Canadian embassy in Poland, the eligibility criteria stated for emigrating to Canada is knowledge of the English language. No a word about French, as if it was not even used in this country.
It is obvious that while on the one hand it is touting the virtues of Canadian federalism, on the other hand the government is telling foreigners that in Canada, English is the only official language.
This is one more reason why international relations should come under the exclusive jurisdiction of Quebec, only Quebec being capable of projecting abroad a realistic picture of its distinctiveness and reality.