Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, Ms. Mounier, for leaving us more time to put questions.
In your opening statement, you said that the Canadian government would act as a guide. Now we hope that a guide is someone whom people will follow. However, there is a bit of a distance between hoping for a service and ensuring that service. Does the government's role not consist above all in ensuring or guaranteeing that services will be provided in both languages?
You mentioned people who will be coming from foreign countries. There is an issue with airports. Canadians already find it difficult to get services in French in Canadian airports. As the current situation already poses problems, how will you go about acting not only as a guide, but also ensuring adequate service in airports? We are very close to the 2010 Olympics; this is 2009.
Moreover, we want to make sure that the service is truly provided, but if you are merely a guide, how will you go about, on the ground, ensuring that service is provided to the thousands, even millions of visitors from overseas, from other neighbouring countries or even from other regions of Canada? How will a unilingual francophone be received in Vancouver? Why are you not present in order to make sure that the service will be offered to the public? After all, the federal government is helping to fund this venture.
In addition, you said that these games are for all Canadians. Here, I am thinking about broadcasting. Since you are a guide, even if the games are for all Canadians, there is no official guarantee yet that the Olympic Games will be for all Canadians. Some people in my riding in northern New Brunswick do not have cable. For these people, viewing the events in our land will be a challenge if you only act as a guide. You say that you are there for all Canadians, but the neediest Canadians, those with the least resources, will be penalized by your acting merely as a guide.
I would like to hear your answer to my comments.