Mr. Speaker, May is Hearing Awareness Month. I am taking this opportunity to salute all my friends who are deaf or hard of hearing, in the riding of Longueuil and elsewhere in Quebec and Canada.
Over 10% of the population has a hearing problem. That figure may be even higher, since people are not always prepared to recognize that they have a hearing problem.
I am proud to speak LSQ, the Quebec sign language, and I invite hon. members to do the same.
Let us eliminate the wall of silence.
The Bloc Quebecois salutes its deaf and hard of hearing friends.