Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I also belong to the Francophone community which is unfortunately a bit isolated: that's the Quebec community. Mr. Rémillard, you said in your address that the entire history of the country's Francophone minorities was known. That's quite the contrary. I admit that this tour has enabled me to open up to the reality of the minorities, even though we sensed that reality in Ottawa, as part of the committee proceedings that I attended. In Winnipeg, in the Saint-Boniface area—whose architecture reminds me of that of Saint-Hyacinthe—that reality has been somewhat concealed, which has resulted in barriers and a certain lack of understanding.
Ms. Aucoin, you said that one of the purposes of Bill S-3, which amended section 41 of the Official Languages Act, was to promote the use of French. As a Quebecker and Canadian, I'd like to thank you for helping to build the Canadian identity through linguistic duality. We're often less aware of that fact in Quebec because we don't have to fight for our schools. I have a great deal of admiration because, through certain demands, you've managed to create a school system, which is fundamentally important for a community. Ultimately, I've made more of a comment.
Through its action plan, the federal government has made the communities responsible for promoting linguistic duality. Wouldn't it be more up to the Canadian government to ensure that the official languages are national languages, as was said this morning in Regina? The Canadian government should therefore not only give you that responsibility, but also play a more active role.
I'd like to have Ms. Aucoin's comments on that point.