Mr. Speaker, to begin, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for his kind words. In all sincerity, I thank him.
I have often heard him speak in the House, particularly on environmental issues, and I must say that I have enormous respect for what he is doing on that file.
Like my Bloc and NDP colleagues, I would obviously like this vote to be unanimous. Unfortunately, the government has not been sending any clear signals when it talks about this issue.
I want to emphasize my party's belief that an apology should be offered. This apology may be coming late, after many years, but it is sincere. I would like the government members to stand and support this motion, so that we can be unanimous in our apology.