I tried to anticipate some of the dilemma and analysis. I would look at the arguments that could be made in favour of there being a violation and arguments that could be made to say that there is no violation.
To argue that there's a violation of section 20, the argument would be, as you suggest, Mr. Graham, that a person would be forced to speak French with the federal government in establishing that they have an understanding of the French language, and that this would breach section 20 and maybe, arguably, section 16 of the charter in terms of official languages. Another argument could be that it would discourage the use of English by permanent residents in Quebec who wish to obtain citizenship. Those would be some of the types of arguments to say this is breached.
The arguments in support of the provision's constitutionality on those grounds, I think, would be that the bill doesn't prevent a person from communicating with the government. If the government is writing letters to the individual, if the individual is getting invited to the ceremony or is being asked for documentation to demonstrate their knowledge of French, all of that could be done in English, and then of course, demonstrating that the knowledge of French would be dealt with. The argument could be that you need to show that you can understand French, but in your communication with the government, are you able to do that largely in English? That would be the argument.