Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I will address Mr. Côté and Ms. Gallant.
I had the opportunity to learn about the existence of the Abraham Nemeth Code. Naturally, a person who is not blind cannot decipher the meaning of this code. The main reason why you are here is standardization. Currently, Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Territories are using the Nemeth Code. Therefore, we have standardization. However, the new standard French braille code coming from Europe was just introduced in North America and it is about to shake things up. With the Nemeth Code, we can communicate with anglophones in United States, in Australia and in other countries. However, the francophone community is pressuring us to use the new standard code. This would upset all the work that you have done over such a long period of time.
From coast to coast, the current national standard is the Nemeth Code, both for anglophone students and for francophone students. In Quebec, there are also blind anglophones, literally speaking, of course. Mr. Côté and Ms. Gallant, you already made a very specific point when you said that we already have standardization, and you explained this at great length. The standard French braille code must not be allowed to upset all the work that has been done in Quebec and in all the provinces.