Madam Speaker, I want to say that I appreciate what the member said with respect to the increased use of French in western Canada. I grew up in approximately the same time frame as he did, and it bothers me that I so often have to say the following words.
I am sorry. I do not speak French. Please speak to me in English.
Today the language is much more used across our nation and in our schools. My children, in home-schooling, taught their kids French. However, I do not attribute that to Pierre Trudeau, a previous leader of this country. What I remember from him in the eighties, when there is talk about the level of recession we are facing not being the same since 40 years ago, is that I experienced what the west experienced when the previous prime minister Trudeau destroyed our economy.
What I want to ask the member about is something he did not directly respond to, which he should do because it is the crux of the conversation. Would he tell us about the rationale he is using to support and to defend the decision of the CBC to use a Parisian accent rather than our Canadian accent within its CBC content and to also reward such behaviour?