Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'm pleased to be with you today. I'm a replacement on this committee.
As a Quebecker, I have a great deal of admiration for what you're doing. You're in the vanguard in the promotion of linguistic duality. In my opinion, the positive effects are being felt as far as Lévis. Unfortunately, the situation of Francophones outside Quebec is not known in Quebec.
So here I have the opportunity to become aware of that situation. I listened closely to your comments. Like you, I believe that the 2010 Olympic Games are clearly an invaluable opportunity for Francophones across the country. Yesterday, I saw the logo in a little store and was delighted to see it was bilingual. I should have brought one.
Mr. Cyr, does your program stem strictly from the Action Plan for Official Languages, or did it exist before that?