Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Good morning, Ms. Gallant, Mr. Côté and Ms. Mitchell.
I do not have very much knowledge about this issue, but if I understand you correctly, your fundamental premise is that it is better to standardize. If I am completely off-base, Mr. Côté, you could provide me with some explanations. We sighted people use a 26-letter alphabet, which is the same in French, English and in Spanish, in particular. If I understand you correctly, it is not necessarily true that braille, prior to standardization, had a similar or equivalent alphabet. Is that correct? That means that there were differences between the French used in Europe and that used in America.
Has standardization upset the applecart for us? France does have the critical mass of citizens in the world who use French the most. If we do not agree to this standardization, that France has just adopted, will we not be indirectly affected by this situation?