Mr. Speaker, given that, in Ontario, the rate of assimilation of francophones is in excess of 36 per cent and that francophones are still not allowed to run their own schools, given that Conservative Premier Harris is blithely chopping Franco-Ontarian organizations and that English is in fact the language of work in the public service in Ottawa, I would have thought that the primary duty of any Franco-Ontarian MP would be to look after the interests of his own constituents. But that is not what is happening.
I may be naive but I think the hon. member for Ottawa-Vanier is forgetting his primary duty to launch a crusade against the Quebec referendum act.
In other words, instead of opposing cuts imposed on Franco-Ontarians by his own government, the hon. member for Ottawa-Vanier prefers to crusade against Quebec's election laws, which are among the most democratic in the world.