Thank you very much, Ms. Goulden.
I think we've completed the round of questions. I'd like to thank our two witnesses. Mr. Loyd, in addition to your presentation being succinct, it was very clear about the federal government's responsibilities in this area.
Ms. Goulden, the clerk has informed me that you got yourself here this morning without any assistance. That is to your credit and I'd like to thank you on behalf of all members of the committee for having come to our meeting on such short notice. It's very inspiring to have you here with us this morning. Thank you for your attendance.
While the witnesses leave the room, we'll move ahead with committee business. We have a couple of housekeeping motions to deal with, the first of which concerns the adoption of our budget for the post-secondary institutions study. That's what we did for the Braille standardization study.
The motion states:
That the proposed budget of $26,950 for the study on federal government support for post-secondary institutions' efforts in promoting bilingualism in Canada be adopted.
For those that want it, I have the breakdown of the $26,950 budget. The bulk of this, $24,000, is witnesses' expenses; $950 is for videoconferences; and $2,000 covers other costs.
Is it agreed? We are going to have copies made and distributed.
From what I understand, Ms. Guay's initial concerns are about access to Braille services. I think we got a lot of information on this issue. And along the way, our attention was drawn to the issue of standardization. We are aware that Quebec is going to adopt a different code in September.
Minority communities are probably going to keep the existing code, which seems easier to transfer into English and anything that's science-based.
As far as we're concerned, that's essentially the crux of the issue. Our awareness of the issue has been raised and we can now move on.
Mr. Petit.