Mr. Speaker, all of Quebec paid tribute to one of the architects of its quiet revolution, Father Georges-Henri Lévesque, who died in January of this year. Le Devoir wrote that those who knew him considered him instrumental in helping to free Quebec from the yoke that weighed it down between 1940 and 1960.
He will best be remembered for founding Université Laval's school of social work in 1938 and its faculty of social sciences in 1943. But for some, of much greater importance than founding these two institutions was his contribution to the social debates of the day.
I take a particular interest in this because he led and encouraged many debates from the Manoir Montmorency in Beauport, in my riding. This centre, directed by Father Lévesque, was a hub, where all the agents of change in Quebec society debated ideas and received their training.
I can only hope that in my riding, as well as in the rest of Quebec, Father Lévesque's memory will continue to inspire us to continue along our path toward a society where all are equal and there is no place for exclusion.