Mr. Speaker, the Semaine de la francophonie gives all Canadians the chance to celebrate French-speaking communities throughout Canada. My riding has a proud French-speaking community that is not afraid to take its future into its own hands.
Through perseverance and solidarity with other French-speaking communities and successive governments, this community in Simcoe North has been able to get the means and resources to secure its collective development and well-being. For example, the French-speaking people of Simcoe North have their own community radio station, literacy centre, schools, community centre and newspaper.
This community is always facing new challenges, but I am sure it will be up to the task thanks to the solidarity that exists among its members and among all of Canada's French-speaking communities.
Long live the French-speaking community in Simcoe North and long live the Canadian francophonie.