Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise. Today is a sad day because our dear colleague, the member for Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot—Acton, has made this decision, which was already well known before he gave his last speech.
However, it is important for me to thank him for his friendship, for his very hard work on the important issues facing Canada—I hope he forgives me for saying so—as well as the issues facing Quebec. I wish him all the best in the future, and I hope he will continue to think about the rest of Canada, because we need the values that are embodied every day by the Bloc Québécois.