Madam Speaker, I thought it was pretty funny to hear my colleague say that his party is the only one defending French in the House. I think Pierre Bourgault put it best when he said that putting the two languages on an equal footing means stomping on one language with both feet. My colleague's celebration of bilingualism strikes me as being completely at odds with his purported desire to protect French.
That said, I have a question about CBC/Radio Canada. The Liberal government is currently putting in place a plan to integrate the operations of the CBC and Radio-Canada to prevent a Conservative government from defunding the CBC.
Here is my question. If the public service succeeds in doing this, what will my colleague's government do? Will it defund Radio-Canada, which provides a space for francophone creators and culture? Will his government make cuts to it?
I would like to hear my colleague's thoughts on this.