We are deeply concerned by the complexity of the challenges we face in protecting and promoting French, given the observation of its decline and other indicators of urgency. I'm thinking in particular of the general perception, also expressed by Radio‑Canada, that French‑language cultural content no longer attracts young people.
I can't sound the alarm loudly enough to wake us up to the importance of these objectives, especially since you have just modernized the Official Languages Act, which has evolved in a different way this time. In fact, you've chosen to raise it to a higher level and you've demanded that positive measures be taken that must produce concrete effects, which we'll be able to measure.
I invite you not to be satisfied with hearing about these positive measures, but to go so far as to verify the proof of their outcomes. As part of the public process we're involved in, which still has several important milestones in store for us, this will certainly be central to what we say.