Previously, the Liberal Party and the NDP assumed that role, but the former now is the government and the later has all but disappeared. We are the only ones left in Canada, not only in Quebec but in Canada, to speak in this House for the poor, those who are the victims of this minister, the victims of this government. No ministerial or prime-ministerial speech in this House will make us forget that these people are persecuted by the federal government.
In the House of Commons on May 2nd, 1995. See this statement in context.