Mr. Speaker, in a report on human rights recently released by the U.S. State Department, Quebec received high marks for respecting the rights of its minorities.
According to Washington, since the 1995 referendum, the Quebec government has clearly been striving to curb political tensions while reaffirming the important role played by the anglophone minority in Quebec society. Such statements sound infinitely more realistic and reasonable than the wild imaginings conveyed by federalist spokespersons these past few months.
Let us hope that, for once, our colleagues opposite will be able to set their fear-driven politicking aside and read this major U.S. report carefully. They will probably realize that their hysteria of the past few months has doing nothing to further the debate and has simply clouded their vision. Perhaps if they came to their senses, we could finally have constructive talks and eventually establish a new partnership between our two peoples.