Thank you, Mr. Chair.
The purpose of the amendment is merely to include indigenous people whose second language is French. After checking, we realized that the bill, in its current form, did not give indigenous people whose second language was French the ability to participate on the board in French.
The amendment refers to indigenous people who speak French as a second language, but come to think of it, French could just as easily be their mother tongue. I think others agree with me on that. Although we want to support the revitalization of indigenous languages, the first language spoken in some communities is French. For that reason, I propose an amendment to my own amendment to also refer to those whose mother tongue is French. Someone else could move it as well.