— and that invest in translation and language training in the right way make more money. It's not just a social issue, a right that we have as a people; it's a also an economic issue.
I would like to close by asking you to read the official proclamation of the Canadian Year of Languages, on page 6. We strongly believe that this is the time to start working strategically and to celebrate what we have here in Canada. We're proposing a project, which we have already submitted to Canadian Heritage, designed to establish the 2010 Canadian Year of Languages. The Year of Languages would be a year in which we could celebrate, conduct research and raise the profile of our linguistic reality in a strategic manner.
This has been done in the United States, Europe and Great Britain. The year 2008 has been proclaimed the International Year of Languages. It would be truly sad if Canada, one of the countries recognized as a linguistic force at the global level, did not follow suit. We believe that it is these groups of representatives, which obviously have a direct interest in bilingualism and languages, that should propose this to the representatives in the House of Commons.