Mr. Speaker, I have such respect for the Minister of National Defence.
The former Liberal government cut funding to official languages programs, which the Commissioner of Official Languages condemned, and I quote, “The budget cuts made following the change in government in the 1990s set language rights in Canada back significantly”.
For a party that claims to defend the interests of linguistic minorities, is this not scandalous?
Could the Minister of International Cooperation and Minister for the Francophonie and Official Languages explain to this House what she plans to do to promote the official languages of Canada?