Mr. Speaker, I feel compelled to comment on the remark just made by the Conservative member. I understand that he is new to the House. He will have opportunities to experience other moments like the one before us this evening, with a bill intended to establish a heritage month. Other heritage months have been instituted in the past. More will be proposed and debated in the future. Usually, this is a time when members from all the parties come together in a relatively collegial way, while at other times, they join in criticizing the government's poor decisions.
This evening, I want to echo my colleague from Etobicoke Centre in recognizing the importance of the Ukrainian heritage month proposed in Bill S-210. I have worked with this member on the Canada-Ukraine Friendship Group for a number of years, and after the barbaric Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, we saw the full extent of the damage. If this Ukrainian heritage month is introduced, it will definitely teach all Quebeckers and Canadians more about the history of the Ukrainian nation. I would like to ask my colleague to explain why learning more about Ukraine than we have seen on the news since 2022 is important.