Mr. Chair, the reason I am taking a moment--and it's a brief moment--to respond to what Mr. Godin said is, first of all, because what he said during what he called a “point of order” was not a point of order, but he was allowed to speak for several minutes about how he felt this committee meeting was going. I think it is my right to at least respond to something he initiated. I did not take up the time of the committee by making a point of order to address his comments, which he made under a point of order, but I do believe it is my right, when I speak, to respond to some allegations that are false and allegations that are completely partisan, in my opinion, while I also address the amendments. I think it's important that we make sure we do not provide false information, particularly to those children who hopefully are watching today. They want us to be honest, they want us to have integrity, and I intend to live up to that obligation for those children and for all of the other people who might be watching today.
With regard to the immigration report, we want to extend the immigration report. We want to study it further. We want to be inclusive. It is the opposition that wants to shut it down by doing a report when the actual study has not been completed.
So let's make this clear. The government would like to continue with this invaluable study on immigration in our francophone and anglophone minority communities because we care about their survival.
Going back to the amendment, the amendment put forward by my colleague, Sylvie Boucher, is a very good amendment. I am going to support the--