Mr. Chairman, once again, it's not a matter of symbols, it's a matter of being able to serve people in the country's two official languages. That isn't a symbol. In my opinion, that's a duty of the government. When Mr. Justice Rothstein was appointed to the Supreme Court, he appeared before our committee and promised that he would be speaking the other official language in two years. That was promised. I don't know what progress he has made now, but a promise was made. That was my second argument.
Mr. Chong contradicts himself at times. He says that the universities should force people to learn the other language. However, in the Supreme Court, we can't force the judges to learn the other language. What we can do is send a clear message to all lawyers and judges in the country that, if they want to get into the Supreme Court, they must learn both languages. That would be one way of doing things. That wouldn't just be for anglophones, but for francophones as well. If they know that it takes two languages to the get to the Supreme Court, they'll learn both languages and get to the Supreme Court in possession of both languages.
On that note, Mr. Chairman, I'd like us to move on to the vote. I move that we hold a recorded vote immediately.