Madam Speaker, it makes me curious when an hon. member refers to the Quebec people and the Quebec nation. I am not quite sure what he means by this in terms of the population of Quebec. This is a point of concern for me. Obviously I am a Canadian to be able to sit in this Chamber. I came to this country after the Hungarian revolution in 1957. My 10-year old daughter was born in Canada. My wife is Irish going back seven generations.
When we talk of people within the confines of a province, I want to make sure there is some definition to it. Looking at the demographics of the population in Quebec, the direct descent French is 74.6 per cent; British, 4.2 per cent; German, half a per cent; Italian, 2.6 per cent; Chinese, half a per cent; aboriginal, 1 per cent; Dutch, one-tenth of one per cent; east Indian, three-tenths of one per cent; Polish, three-tenths of one per cent; Portuguese, one-half per cent; Jewish, 1.1 per cent; Greek, seven-tenths of one per cent; Filipino, one-tenth of one per cent; Hungarian, one-tenth of one per cent; other, 5 per cent; people of multiple origins, 8.4 per cent.
Maybe the hon. member could clarify for me that all the people living in Quebec are indeed Quebecers and are indeed Canadian.