Mr. Speaker, it has been said that the transformation of the Reform Party into the Canadian Conservative Reform Alliance or the Canadian Alliance means that nothing has changed but its name.
I wish to suggest otherwise. At least one thing has changed. For the first time since my election to the House in February 1995 all parties without exception support the Official Languages Act of Canada. The Reform Party used to advocate the abolition of the Official Languages Act. Not so the Alliance. The Alliance, we are led to believe, embraces Canada's linguistic duality and the Official Languages Act.
We wish members of the Alliance, and in particular the member for Yellowhead and the member for Saskatoon—Humboldt, a speedy and smooth conversion on their personal road to Damascus.