Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I think everyone agrees that the person has the right to a judge or prosecutor in their language. That makes sense. That's a great change to the code. But that doesn't require them to speak to the accused in that language. So all this amendment does is say that they will address the accused in that language. For a lot of us, you can get a rating in both languages, but you may be more comfortable in one. Therefore, you may not follow the intent of that change by not using the language.
All this does is say that not only does the accused have a right to a judge or a prosecutor who speaks his or her own language, but that they also will speak that language to the accused.
I'd be happy to hear from the department.