I would like to comment on some of the things that were said about me.
For example, you said you went to bat for the committee's right to travel. But we have to put things into some perspective. First, before the new Conservative government came to power, I had to go and meet with the House leaders and tell them that if the Official Languages Committee did not travel across Canada, no other committee would be able to travel. In fact, I told them that we would use our veto to prevent all committees from travelling. Because of the election, the committee didn't travel.
When there was a new request to travel, the same thing happened. You know that the same thing happened, Mr. Lauzon. You cannot say otherwise. You went to bat for the committee, and because the government saw that there was no way out, it agreed to our trip. But it was opposed to the committee travelling, it did not want that to happen, because it was not that important for official languages. When you went to bat for us at the liaison committee, I was there too, I'm sure you will remember. Do you recall that I was there with you? Do you remember all the arguments I put forward? Thank you.
When the issue regarding the ombudsman for victims of crime came up and I went to tell you, as chair of the committee, that it was incredible for the government to appoint a unilingual person to this position, you asked me whether I was suggesting that anglophones could not do the job. Do you remember that, Mr. Lauzon?