I would like to expand on what Ms. Lanthier said about provincial French-language services laws.
There are still provinces that do not offer such services or even have policies on French-language services. I am a Franco-Albertan. In Alberta, federal offices are the only places where I can expect to receive services in French. Moreover, pursuant to the Official Languages Act, the French-language services are not necessarily equivalent to those offered to the majority. To add to what Ms. Lanthier said, we feel a strong need for the federal government to exercise leadership on linguistic duality since our services are eroding and since, even in provinces with French-language services legislation, services are entirely inadequate. They need to be dramatically improved in order to be equal to those offered to the majority.