The overall question the committee has to ask itself, or Canadians have to ask ourselves, is should we have national standards for some of these national programs. If the answer to that is yes, then is it acceptable to us as Canadians that regardless of which community or which province you immigrate to or choose to settle in, whether it's Regina or Windsor or Duncan, B.C., you can access English language training within a certain number of weeks and get comparable English language services up to certain levels of what you need in Canada?
On November 21st, 2006. See this statement in context.