Mr. Speaker, as a francophone and a Quebecker, I certainly heard the most astounding things in the speech given by the hon. member from the Bloc Québécois.
I would simply like to remind him that our government is committed to promoting linguistic duality in Canada. Our government believes that two official languages can survive side by side in our country. However, I know the objective of the Bloc Québécois and the Parti Québécois, who seem to believe that, with repeated referendums, they will one day create a country in which French will be the only language used. Francophone communities and the Canadian francophonie deserve more than such a stunted view of the French fact.
Since the member seems to enjoy recalling previous comments, I would like to remind him that, back when relations between the Parti Québécois and the Bloc Québécois seemed to be a little better, André Boisclair, the new leader, said that the francophonie was limited to Quebec. Today, the hon. member is trying to teach me a lesson about the francophonie across Canada. I do not accept it.