Mr. Speaker, if you are going to love a country, you have to feel loved by it, not rejected. When you do not feel loved, you cannot find the situation or the people lovable. You feel rejected.
I made an attempt in this House that I thought would be a step toward unity between our two nations. But the Louis Riel bill was defeated in this House, something that should never have happened if there had been the slightest consideration for who Louis Riel was. The vote was against the Bloc Quebecois.
In this country, people are always voting against something; people vote against someone. People never really show their acceptance.
If that had happened, I would have said this country was lovable, but now I know that you are rejecting us with all your being.