Mr. Speaker, Acadians strongly condemned the hateful, francophobic statements that were posted on the CBC website.
The CBC was pressured into changing its ways. Some time ago, we asked the House to condemn the derogatory comments made about Quebeckers in the energy east file, but the House refused to do so. These types of hateful comments about francophones are becoming increasingly common in English media in Quebec and Canada.
Everyone here is opposed to misogyny, homophobia, bullying, Islamophobia, and discrimination against indigenous peoples. However, there is another form of discrimination that is happening and that is francophobia. The Bloc Québécois expects members of the House to speak out just as loudly against that type of discrimination.
Quebeckers, like members of any other francophone or Acadian community, should not be bullied just because they want to live and flourish in French.