Mr. Speaker, during question period the hon. government House leader suggested that I had used the term “Italian salute” in my question.
In my question, I used the term “bras d'honneur”, as the member for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine also did.
If the hon. government House leader had been listening to the question as asked rather than the translation, which he depends upon, he would have known what terms were used by the Liberals in the official language of our country when we spoke it at the time. We at no time would ever disrespect our Italian colleagues. We have too many in the House and too many constituents who we respect and admire.