Mr. Speaker, I listened with interest to what was said by the hon. member for Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup. I thought for a minute the hon. member was going to give us some advice on how to deal with minorities, since we are members from Ontario.
I do not know whether the hon. member of the Bloc Quebecois is up on Canadian history, especially the history of the Province of Ontario. There we also saw the abolition of the rights of francophones to be educated in their own language. I wonder whether he realizes that in 1912, Regulation 17-an ironic twist-was introduced by a Conservative government and supported by a Liberal opposition, a regulation that suspended, denied and suppressed the minority rights of francophones as far as education was concerned. It is rather ironic that history is repeating itself.
I also listened to the hon. member's comments on referendums. He thought there should not be another referendum. I would like to put the question to this member, because I think it is rather ironic and even a little hypocritical to say first of all, they are not in favour of a referendum, and then that they respect the first referendum that was held in Newfoundland. Could he explain why, because I think their position is certainly not a very wise one.