Mr. Speaker, after listening to the remarks from my Conservative party colleague, I have some questions to ask him.
All the members of the Conservative party, especially the francophones from Quebec, are congratulating themselves on having recognized Quebec as a nation within a united Canada. When they recognized Quebec as a nation, what were they recognizing?
The language and the culture of that nation are not being treated with respect. We are just asking for an amendment to the Official Languages Act, so that the original language of Quebec, French, is treated with respect. And we are also asking for the Canada Labour Code to be amended so that we can promote our French language. Because we are a nation. The Conservatives recognized that.
So what was it that Conservative members were recognizing when they recognized Quebec as a nation? Just an empty shell?