Mr. Speaker, before the passage of Bill 171, Quebecers who did not speak French at home were automatically considered anglophones, even if they were not. The government of Quebec merely passed legislation to eliminate this distortion, without changing the existing situation of the anglophone community.
Will the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs admit that, by encouraging the status quo, he is advocating that the provision of municipal services in English no longer be based on the linguistic reality in Quebec?