I understand the spirit of the Official Languages Act. However, in a motion you cannot ask for the Official Languages Act to be applied to positions when it is mentioned that all positions above deputy minister... It is precisely because you saw a gap that you made recommendation 13 at the official languages committee. This is not a recent gap. You saw it, you did not deal with it. So, this gap remains.
You absolutely cannot ask the Minister of Justice or any other authority to apply the Official Languages Act to positions that are not subject to it. That is what I am trying to have you understand. I am not saying the spirit of the motion is not good; it is simply not acceptable. You cannot ask for that. I'm sorry, but I have to say this doesn't look good. You issued a report in May 2005, you saw the problem, but you didn't solve it. You were in power. Stop trying to sweep your problems our way. You are the ones who did not solve the problem.