Mr. Speaker, it is not enough for member for Beauséjour—Petitcodiac to insult everyone left, right and centre when the speaks; he makes outrageous statements. Recently he was directing his venom at the members of the national assembly, accusing them of spending their time taking rights away from Quebec's anglophone minority, and saying that they had no lessons to teach the francophones of New Brunswick.
If he took the time to look more closely into the matter, he would see that the English speaking community in Quebec is far better off than French speaking and Acadian communities in Canada. In fact, it is generally accepted that anglophone Quebecers are the only minority with all of the institutions needed for its development. Rather than disparaging Quebec as he has, he should encourage the province of New Brunswick to follow in Quebec's footsteps.
The national assembly only expressed its solidarity with the actions of the Société nationale de l'Acadie, the institution that represents the Acadian people, on the issue of recognizing the wrong done during the deportation. This member should know that Quebec has the greatest number of Acadian descendents in the world. If he knew this, he would not reduce Acadia, as he did, to the francophones of New Brunswick alone.