Mr. Speaker, I cannot speak on behalf of the Deputy Prime Minister, but I can certainly speak on behalf of the government.
Telling Quebeckers that we were slow to react is not accurate. The very next day, we responded to our international counterparts, condemning what happened, expressing our steadfast solidarity with the French people, stating that we must work together to fight intolerance and terror and reiterating Canada's commitment to being one of the great defenders of freedom of speech.