Mr. Speaker, yesterday at a meeting of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, the Bloc Québécois refused to defend the French language.
The Bloc adopted a motion allowing the committee to work with only English documents.
I am a francophone who works primarily in French, and yesterday, the Bloc refused my right to have federal government documents in French, my mother tongue.
I do not understand how a party that claims to defend the rights of Quebec francophones could do such a thing. The actions of the member for Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour and the member for Gatineau are insulting.
They are an insult to me, as well as to all Quebeckers. We have to wonder whether the Bloc really does defend the interests and values of the Quebec nation.
As a Quebecker and a francophone, I am completely stunned by the attitude of the Bloc Québécois.