Mr. Speaker, on behalf of all of the linguistic and cultural communities in Quebec, I would like to condemn the racist and intolerant comments made by the Bloc member for Louis-Hébert. He believes that ethnic communities should keep their noses out of the referendum debate and let Quebecers of old stock make the decision on our future.
He admitted to journalists that he deliberately used the expression "Quebecers of old stock" because he believes that anglophones and allophones have always systematically voted for the Liberal Party and that it is a given that they will vote against sovereignty.
If the only ones in this House allowed to vote were the hon. members of old stock, then the hon. member for Louis-Hébert would have to refuse this right to many among us, including the Bloc member for Bourassa, who is from one of Quebec's cultural communities.
The Bloc member's comments are a real embarrassment, and I invite all members of this House to openly condemn such words of hate.