Mr. Speaker, I listened with interest to the hon. member for Brossard—La Prairie, who became a Canadian about 20 years ago.
I simply want to remind him that, originally, there were two founding peoples in Canada, and the first one was a francophone people called the Canadiens. At the time, the term “Canadiens” referred strictly to francophones. Then came a period known as English Rule. Being the nice people that we are, we agreed that there would be two founding peoples, and Canadians who, until then had always been Canadiens, redefined themselves as French Canadians.