Decision-makers are responsible for their decisions. I'm having a hard time accepting that they didn't know that someone was should have spoken French so it could be heard. Token gestures are not enough.
I'm disappointed, and I find this unacceptable. Mr. Gauthier, you have been working on this project for two years now, and you have been sitting on a committee for eight months. Everyone is talking. In my opinion, this blunder was almost intentional. It was unfortunate and unacceptable.
Mr. Matte, you say that once things get started, there is no turning back. I'm going to go back once again to the Canada Games that were held in northeastern New Brunswick. I had to rise in the House of Commons and ask the Minister of Canadian Heritage to speak to CBC/Radio-Canada so that the closing ceremonies would be broadcast during the day. They changed the broadcasting schedule, but it was unfortunate that we had to get to that point.
Mr. Gauthier, should the CRTC get involved to ensure that someone somewhere broadcasts the Games to the 4% of the population who currently do not have access? At one point, people were saying that things were going well because 86% of the population would have access to the Games, and that very few people would not have access. That percentage is now 96%, and now very few people do not have access. We're at the end of the sausage, but we want that last little piece.