Mr. Speaker, in its quiet way, that is an unacceptable slur on a man of the highest integrity.
He was president of the Canadian Bar Association, a member of the International Bar Association, the American College of Trial Lawyers. Do you want more? He was a Corporation of Industrial Relations counsellor, a member of the royal commission on economic union and development prospects for Canada, the McDonald commission, an appointed member of the Privy Council and, incidentally, a member of the security intelligence review committee.
He is acceptable to us. He is acceptable to the Mohawk community and I do not accept that slur on a man of this type of integrity.
We should be glad that these types of men are prepared to come forward from Quebec to help the country.