Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I am going to continue the preamble to my question.
We have seen the countries in the Sahel expel France, if I can put it that way. We know that the Government of Canada has worked very hard, for example, to get Algeria to join the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.
We will recall that in 2004, Mr. Saada went to Algeria on behalf of the Government of Canada, as the minister responsible for the francophonie, to try to persuade it to join that organization. We know that Algeria, like several other countries that are former French colonies, is trying to expand the presence of English in the country. Rwanda also comes to mind.
Is Canada still trying to get Algeria to join the organization?
Are relations between the governments of Canada and Algeria conducted in French or English?