Madam Chair, I have never been compared to Ti-Mé from La Petite Vie before, but I will not dignify the Bloc Québécois leader's quips and barbs with a reply.
I will simply remind him that extending Bill 101 to federally regulated businesses has been part of the NDP platform since 2008. Four successive NDP leaders have endorsed that idea.
Does the member not think that improving the status of French in Quebec, beyond applying the Charter of the French Language to federally regulated businesses, also requires positive, constructive measures, like funding and increased flexibility to offer French language courses to newcomers?