Mr. Speaker, it is with sadness and bitterness that I take the floor today, following yesterday's comment by the member for Bourassa who, in a stement worthy of Howard Stern, said that 49.4% of Quebeckers were “colonized separatists acting like colonials”.
Unfortunately, this is not the first unfortunate slip of the tongue by the member for Bourassa. In 1995, he said he felt like restoring the deportation act and sending back to their country those who spit on the Canadian flag.
I respect respectable people. The Elvis Grattons who talk about the best country in the world and who tell separatists to go live in Cuba if they are not happy may be funny on television, but not in this House, particularly when they say “blessed are Quebeckers for they receive more than their share of UI benefits from the federal government”.
Pierre Falardeau may have created Elvis Gratton, but I sometimes think the Prime Minister recruited him in his party.