I stand corrected. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I know that you ruled on the word before. Perhaps at the time we should have had a dictionary, so that all of us could have been informed of the seriousness of that particular term.
That's the thing about points of order—you have to go back a ways to figure out just where you were in your thoughts, but I'll try not to go over many points.
I was talking about how you can respect other Canadians and why that is important. I mentioned having gone to Central America on parliamentary business and having the Bloc there, as well as the Liberals and the NDP. Of course, we were in government at that time, and the Bloc basically said, “We love Canada and we love Quebec—two great countries.” That part I.... Anyway, but they still said that, so it was the case that they knew that if we have a strong Canada, it strengthens them. They're a part of it, and they can move forward.
Now, in the last eight years, they see one group being pitted against the other. This group doesn't work. Everyone hates each other, and they sit back and say, “Ah, we can't be part of this group. Look at how dysfunctional this country is.” Well, it took only eight years to use a different mindset, in their case, to make their own point, but it's the reality.
We see that happening. I really think it's something that we should recognize, because I remember when we had this major issue with aluminum coming in from China, and basically all they had to do.... It came in, actually, through Mexico, but it would go into China, and they would do some little thing to hook it up and say, “Okay, now it's a product of Mexico, and then we can bring it into the U.S., and we can bring it into Canada,” and that was going exactly against the aluminum industry in Quebec. We stood up for Quebec's aluminum industry, because what was taking place was wrong.
Some days it would be nice to know that people thought about the rest of the country in the same manner, and so, Mr. Chair, I believe that.... I can see that you are looking at the clock. I thank you for the time.