Mr. Speaker, I encourage all members of the House to strongly condemn the private member's bill, Bill C-286, an act to amend the Official Languages Act, introduced by an hon. member of the House.
The bill would take away the right of every Canadian to receive service from the federal government in either official language and eliminate the use of French in the public service.
It is yet another thinly veiled attempt by some members of the Alliance to break up our country through institutional intolerance.
This bill will put discrimination in legislation and deliberately destroy Canada's linguistic heritage.
I therefore call on all members of the House to stand firm for Canada and vote down this misguided and divisive bill.