Mr. Speaker, the hon. minister is quite right that I represent an Ottawa riding, however I was born in Gatineau.
The fact is the minority, of which I was once a member, is restricted in its rights by provincial law. Municipal services are restricted by provincial law. It is against the law in Quebec for the City of Gatineau to provide full services to its minority. This is not true in Ontario, yet we have not heard a single word from a single minister on that side of the House defending the rights of that minority.
My question to the minister is: why are the rights of one minority in the national capital area not protected as well as the other?