Mr. Speaker, I rise on a question of privilege. I regret to delay your annual reception of the season but this is a matter which I take quite seriously. This point of privilege arises from the debates of December 12, 1995, page 17557 of Hansard .
I was delivering a speech on Bill C-110 and talking about the importance of the two founding peoples of this country. My last sentence was: "Without the French settlers and explorers who came to this country we would not have what we have today". A member of the Reform Party chose to intervene by saying: "We would have something far better". I found that to be a most regrettable racist slur against certain citizens of Canada based on their-