Mr. Speaker, if this can make my NDP friend happy, I will say that francophones were one of the first two founding peoples. It was only later, when the English came, that we called ourselves French Canadians. Then, when we realized that this definition put us in opposition with English Canadians, we decided to call ourselves Quebeckers, and today—
In the House of Commons on March 17th, 1998. See this statement in context.