Mr. Speaker, I wish first to congratulate my colleague on his excellent presentation.
I am not a complete amateur, in my opinion, contrary to what the member for Saint-Laurent—Cartierville thinks. Moreover, being called an amateur does not bother me too much. Anyone can see that my back is broad, and there is a reason for that.
All summer long, I travelled throughout my constituency of Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, the second-largest in Canada. My constituency is highly diversified. I have 14 Inuit communities, nine Cree communities and two Algonquin communities. I have logging and mining towns and villages throughout the riding.
Wherever I went, people talked to me about the Senate and the need to abolish that outdated institution.
When someone calls me an amateur, it does not bother me, but when he calls my constituents amateurs, I have a small problem with that.
I would like to know whether my colleague heard the same thing in his constituency.