Madam Chair, my colleague concluded his speech with a quote from Camus. For those familiar with Camus, that is something of a surprise. For my colleague's information, Camus separated his work into two cycles. The first cycle is absurdity.
Maybe we can talk about absurdity this evening because of all these people who are in favour of Bill 101. In 1977, when it was introduced, both the Liberals and the Conservatives were staunchly opposed to it because it was going to create inequalities by giving allophones the right to attend English-language schools. Everybody strongly opposed it.
Earlier, the member for Hochelaga shared an example of what Bill 101 does. She was a child of Bill 101 who learned French and was educated in French schools. I find that quite surprising.
Then there was a discussion about applying Bill 101 to federally regulated companies. That was introduced in 2009—this is Camus's cycle of the absurd—and nobody from the Conservative Party voted in favour of it. Every time a measure is put forward to support French, it comes from a separatist party.