Now I would like to use up my allotted time.
We heard comments about immigration and other things, but as far as I am concerned, I think that people who immigrate to Canada are no longer immigrants, they are Canadians. On the other hand, we must remember that Canada was founded by francophones and anglophones. They are the founding peoples. For this reason, the Official Languages Act recognizes that this country has two founding peoples. I think that we agree on this?
We have an Official Languages Act, but we nevertheless need a minister for official languages and a parliamentary committee that does follow-ups to ensure that the provisions of the Official Languages Act are followed. We know that the problems are mainly found within francophone minorities.
Would you agree with me in saying that the government has a basic responsibility? It must stop sitting between two chairs and it must provide us with tools. We must stop apologizing for having received money and overflowing with gratitude while saying that all is well. Things are not well. If they were, the lady who represents senior citizens would not have anything to complain about. She cannot get service in French in Oshawa although there are many francophones in that city. It is full of people from New Brunswick! The same thing is happening in Windsor and in St. Catharines, Ontario. Francophones are leaving New Brunswick to settle in your cities, but there are also francophones from your region that move to our region.
Without having to beg, would you tell the government that it must provide services to Ontario's francophone minority?