We certainly have our share of points of order that are not.
Mr. Chairman, our country has had this debate actually since quite a while ago. Our Parliament has had this debate. Our committees have debated it, and our members have. In many respects, we are reinventing the wheel here. We don't actually have to reinvent the wheel. The principles are contained in the Official Languages Act and in our Constitution.
There have, arguably, been a few appointments that are perceived to be not in keeping with the spirit or the requirements of the Official Languages Act. I don't think we should be spending a lot of time on this. Our Parliament has debated this thing seven ways to Sunday, and our country has. We've successfully resolved it. We've actually gotten through it. There may not be full agreement around the table here on that issue, but I certainly feel that as a country and as a Parliament we have it.
With respect to the motion itself, I would have preferred a motion that referred to both official languages. In the preamble it says, “Whereas respect for the French language should imbue all ministers”, etc. Really, it's both languages for which we should all have respect. I'm going to move an amendment that the preamble reflect both official languages. If I were being consistent I would do the same thing with the body of the resolution, which refers only to French, but the body of the resolution evolves from the appointment of two people who are allegedly unilingual English, so there is some logic in leaving the single reference to French there.