Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I obviously want to thank the President of the Treasury Board for being with us today to defend these budgetary appropriations.
Mr. Duclos, you have been an ally on the francophonie file. I've seen you many times in our official languages caucus.
Yesterday, the Minister of Official Languages introduced her Bill C-32 on the modernization of official languages, which provides for a number of protective measures. First of all, it states that bilingual judges should be appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada. It is also designed to protect the French fact. It takes into account the fact that more measures must be taken to protect the French language and put it on an equal footing with the English language, since French is a minority language in North America.
The Treasury Board has a major role to play in providing that protection. Could you explain to me what the Treasury Board's new role will be with regard to the proposed measures under Bill C-32?