The way I understand this bill is that a first nation whose main language is French is not prevented from publicizing anything in French. There's nothing that prevents it from doing that.
What I need to finish saying is that Canada, as a colonial country that still forces first nations, Métis and Inuit to speak or write in either English or French.... For this bill to still want to do that with the first nations water commission is a problem for me, because it will be another form of oppression of indigenous languages. Ensuring that the commission, when there doesn't need to be that legislation.... We've already agreed, as a committee, not to pass that amendment.
For example, if there is a first nation in Quebec, it is not prevented from publicizing or incorporating French in its documents. This bill does not create any barriers for it to do what it needs to do in French. That is what I'm saying.
I supported the second BQ amendment, on the annual reports, because it creates an opportunity for indigenous languages to also be publicized. What we need to understand is that when we're talking about first nations that are still going to be forced to live in these colonial systems, we shouldn't be enforcing language barriers that they struggle with already.