Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his remarks.
I realize that what we are talking about here today in discussing brutal repression and its political consequences is indeed the role Canada might play. Canada may blaze the trail, and Canadians can play this role because they are a free and democratic society.
Unfortunately, as my colleague said, by some form of osmosis, instead of western, liberal values—in the philosophical and not the political sense—being propagated around the world at such meetings, instead of being propagated from Canada to somewhat less democratic countries, the virus traveled the other way around. Human rights standards were indeed harmonized: everyone has been brought down to the same level.
I totally agree with my colleague, and this is at the core of this issue, a core issue. In a society such as ours, if peaceful, idealistic students out to change the world are not allowed to speak out loud and clear, then, on behalf of my colleagues in the Bloc as well indeed as the four opposition parties, I must say this is not the government we want; we want one that respects the rights and freedoms of all, and of young people in particular. We must not forget that they are the future of our society.