Official Languages committee  I would love to respond to that. I live and work in an architecturally stunning building that was built specifically to represent the first meeting of the Fathers of Confederation in the conception of Canada as a nation. It takes up a full city block. It had the same architect

Official Languages committee  I can do lots of other things to make sure they're aware of it, though.

Official Languages committee  I can try to speak to it because I'm such a proponent of multiculturalism in Canada, as much as I am that we're a bilingual country made up of predominantly French and English people. Immigration is something of great importance to Canada. We have new immigrants from around the

Official Languages committee  Yes. Simply for the bilingual services, yes.

Official Languages committee  In 2017?

Official Languages committee  We're celebrating Canada, as a nation.

Official Languages committee  And our heritage, our history, our people, our culture—

Official Languages committee  Absolutely, I know that.

Official Languages committee  And that's why I—

Official Languages committee  Yes. That's why I want to do this show, Evangeline, because it was the mid-1700s—

Official Languages committee  May I respond? I agree with you completely, Monsieur Dion. This is why I want to show the story of Evangeline next year on our stage. The mid-1700s, when the expulsion of Canadians happened in the Maritime provinces, is a very big part of our history—

Official Languages committee  It is the history of Canada. I agree completely—

Official Languages committee  Absolutely. No, before that we had Upper Canada, we had Lower Canada, and we had Canada. I agree.

Official Languages committee  No. I think that 1867 is simply the culmination of Confederation—

Official Languages committee  I agree.