Mr. Speaker, the language issue continues to rattle the Parti Quebecois.
Yesterday, minister Serge Ménard plunged into the fray, stating: "I would not want this country we will be building to be a country that does not treat its minorities as we wished we had been treated in Canada".
The minister is in no position to teach anyone anything about how francophones should be treated in Canada. In this respect, I remind him that, in Canada, we have two official languages and, although they are few in numbers, francophones have successfully made their presence felt and done well at every level of Canada's social, cultural and political life.
By the way, Mr. Ménard, when will an anglophone from the West Island become premier of Quebec for instance?