Thank you for your advice, but I take a slightly different view. The preamble sure as hell is part of the motion. It's not part of the body. If I don't like the preamble, I'm not going to vote for it. I'm going to change the preamble because it's part of the motion, unless the committee wants to delete the preamble from the motion.
I'm going to move an amendment now that the first preamble read: “Whereas respect for both official languages” as opposed to “respect for the French language”. I'm going to move that now, and so now we have another amendment on the floor. I'm prepared to put it in writing if necessary.