Good morning, Mr. Chairman and committee members.
My name is Paul Heppelle, president of the Assemblée communautaire fransaskoise in Saskatchewan. I am here with our director general, Denis Simard. I will be sharing presentation duties with Mr. Simard as I am losing my voice.
The ACF is pleased to accept your invitation because it affords us the opportunity to express to you our community's views on the issue of the evaluation and potential extension of the Roadmap.
It must be said at the outset that the short advance notice for such an important presentation caught us a little off guard. However, we will do our best to provide you with a clear picture of the issues facing us with regard to linguistic duality.
It should also be noted that today's presentation was prepared in consultation with the member institutions and associations of our association network.