Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
First, I take responsibility for the documents in question. They come from my office.
Second, with respect to the coordination centres and bilingualism needs, it must be clearly understood that these are rescue centres. Their primary responsibility is to save lives. That's their mission. Of course, under the Official Languages Act, services must be provided in both official languages.
As Mr. Da Pont indicated, to our knowledge, there have been no cases in which an inability to communicate in the first language had a negative impact on the outcome of the mission.