Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Waterloo for her question and commend her on her French.
This is an issue that we are familiar with. We debated it this morning at the Standing Committee on Official Languages.
I will make a comparison. In May, the Liberal member for Glengarry—Prescott—Russell insulted witnesses from Quebec who appeared before the committee. He said they were “full of” something. As I said in my speech, I will let people fill in the blank.
All of the Liberal members rose to support and defend this member. It took five days for him to offer a half-hearted apology. That was after saying that he did not need to apologize, that he was not going to apologize and that he was sorry if he had hurt people's feelings. It took five days for him to apologize.
As for my colleague, unfortunately, I was not here. I was attending a francophone event on Prince Edward Island. However, my colleague apologized within two hours. I am saying it was two hours to hedge my bets, but I am sure it was less than that. He apologized.
We are seeing a double standard here. I think that the Conservatives care a lot more about bilingualism in Canada than the Liberals do.