Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Collacott, you've talked about the age issue, the 55-to-65 and 14-to-18 groups. I'm having a lot of trouble with the rationale.
For the 14-to-18 group, the rationale seems to be “oh well, they'll learn language in school”, although most of our schools—not all, but most—are French or English. If you can't speak French or English, there's an issue.
The same goes for the 55-to-65 group. There are more people who are working beyond 65, let alone 55 to 65, and for most jobs in this country you have to speak French or English—not all, but most. Not only that, but for both those groups, you need to know English or French to understand our laws. Another example given here for the 55-to-65 group is that some of these people are traumatized, and I expect some of them are.
Essentially, the way I look at it is that it's a watering down of our requirements to become Canadian citizens, which is very precious to us. We welcome new Canadian citizens, but they must abide by our rules. Could you comment on that, sir?