Mr. Speaker, I have listened to the hon. member speak and he certainly likes rhetoric. But surely the member does not think it is helpful to the efforts of Canadians right across the country, who are trying to unify this country, for him to be so partisan and so disrespectful of the people of Quebec.
Well over one and a half million Canadians in the province of Quebec voted for the Bloc Quebecois. As distasteful as he may find it that there are members of the House who believe in a separate Quebec, they were given a mandate by about one and a half million Canadians in that province. Surely he should respect the people of Quebec.
What I read between the lines, between the rhetoric, is an anti-French attitude that is simply not helpful. Surely the member from Mississauga owes the people of Quebec an apology for some of the disrespectful comments he made a few moments ago. I am wondering whether the hon. member is speaking with the authority of the Government of Canada. I noticed that the House leader was here. The least he could do is—