Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Minister of Foreign Affairs committed an outrageous blunder in referring to the situation in the former Yugoslavia.
What did he mean by saying that "We have not yet started killing, killing one another, and I hope that the situation of the former Yugoslavia will never apply to Canada". This statement, fraught with hidden meanings as it is, requires clarification.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Canadian government ought to be ashamed of making such insinuations.
For this reason the Bloc Quebecois most strongly condemns these absolutely thoughtless words spoken by the minister during his visit to the UN. The irresponsibility of the minister speaks volumes about the no side, the intolerance, insult and abuse the no side has to offer to the people of Quebec.