Mr. Speaker, francophones outside Quebec continued throughout the weekend to react to the intolerable comments made by the Bloc member from Rimouski-Témiscouata.
We all remember that last week, the Bloc member said in the House, and I quote: "According to Statistics Canada, there are one million francophones outside Quebec, but just 640,000 speak French. They have been assimilated-the francophones-poof!" she said, making fun of us francophones outside Quebec.
Director General Georges Arès of the Association canadienne française de l'Alberta said, and I quote: "The future of francophones in Alberta is more promising than ever before". Mr. Arès
was referring, for instance, to a commitment by Premier Ralph Klein regarding school governance by Franco-Albertans.
Francophones across Canada, including those in Quebec, feel insulted. As Murray Maltais said in Le Droit , referring to the hon. member in question: ``She says what she thinks, but she does not always think about what she says''.