Mr. Speaker, again and again the Prime Minister has tried to decide for all of us who is a real Canadian.
In 1995 the current Leader of the Opposition was in Quebec fighting for the future of this country.
As the deputy leader wrote his books and did his important work, thousands of Canadians reacted with pride.
What were the rest of us, including the Prime Minister, doing at that time?
Millions of Canadians have not spent all their lives in Canada. They grew up in Sri Lanka and Lebanon and brought all their learning here.
They are Canadians, real Canadians. When will the Prime Minister understand that?