Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Minister, I have been a member of Parliament for about a year and a half. When I arrived in Ottawa, I was a little surprised by the number of Anglophones who had learned French. Members of Parliament do that kind of thing because they want to advance their careers, and some day become parliamentary secretaries, deputy ministers or even ministers.
If I were a young lawyer who wanted to move up the ladder, do you not think I would learn French in order to one day become a judge? I might not do that only to become a Supreme Court justice, but because I wanted to be judge at the provincial court level and, ultimately, a Supreme Court justice. Do you not think that would be a good reason to learn French? Perhaps if young lawyers learned the French language on their own, things would be better. This would not divide the country.