Larry, we are not getting off to a very good start. I am looking at the routine motions, and if I understand correctly, these proposals come from you. Normally, we do not allow any document to be tabled if it is only in one language. This is the first meeting of the committee, and I would be ill-advised to agree to deal with the document that has just been distributed. In my view, it should not be distributed since there is no French version. It should be drafted in both official languages. I suggest that these proposals be distributed at the committee's next meeting. If we have motions to adopt, we can do them today, but not those ones. This will unfortunately delay our work. I don't want the committee to spend the entire meeting settling this matter, but this is not in French and I cannot work with it.
On February 3rd, 2009. See this statement in context.