The three motions that I'm going to present one after the other are about the ways in which the committee deals with respect for French. I can tell you that, from my perspective, the committee's procedures are impeccable. I have no complaints about them. The Chair, all members and the Clerk are very concerned with ensuring respect for both official languages, and therefore with the importance of French.
These three motions are from my whip's office, which suggests that they be adopted by all committees to establish standards in the way things are done. Again, I would say that this committee's procedures are at least equal, if not superior, to what is in these motions. However, adopting them here would send a message and help counter discrimination against unilingual francophone members of other committees.
If it's okay with you, I could start with the first motion, which has been translated and distributed and reads as follows:
That the clerk inform each witness who is to appear before the Committee that the House Administration support team must conduct technical tests to check the connectivity and the equipment used to ensure the best possible sound quality; and that the Chair advises the Committee, at the start of each meeting, of any witness who did not perform the required technical tests.
As I said, I don't see any problem with the way the committee is doing things. So the purpose of this motion is simply to endorse what I feel is already being done. So I move to adopt this motion.