Mr. Speaker, except that since then, former Chief Justice Dickson, former Chief Justice Lamer, and the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada have said that Quebec was a distinct society and recognized as such in law in the court's decisions.
In this regard, we know that what gives Quebec society its distinct nature is that everyone is a minority in that province. Anglophones are a minority in Quebec, but a majority elsewhere in Canada and in North America as a whole. Francophones, although a majority in Quebec, are a minority in Canada and throughout North America, with the result that both communities are entitled to legal and linguistic protection, and this must be taken into account.