Mr. Speaker, we were shocked to learn earlier today that the town of Mount Royal shut the doors of the fence that runs along Acadie Boulevard to prevent underprivileged children from the Parc-Extension area from going trick or treating on its territory.
This means that children from low income families will not be able to knock on doors of the homes of the wealthy in Mount Royal. This is unacceptable. Halloween is an important event for all children, rich or poor, regardless of their social standing.
I hope to see children who for weeks have been anxiously waiting for this event walk around freely, without fear and, above all, without borders.
As chair of our caucus and on behalf of my Bloc Quebecois colleagues, I deplore this unfair measure for the children of underprivileged families. I urge the hon. member for Mount Royal to condemn this situation since he is always claiming to be a strong advocate of rights and freedoms.