Mr. Weston, I would tend to refer the question back to you and to ask you what our national government can do to promote the acquisition of the second language. The onus is not just on the community. Our government must make this its national value. As stated in the Roadmap, this is a cornerstone of our national identity. The first promoter of the national identity, that is to say the federal government, must inform the majority group that learning the language of the other group is an advantage and a need for both parties. Appointing a unilingual francophone to the position Auditor General would have been unthinkable. The promoter of linguistic duality in British Columbia is, first of all, the federal government.
On November 17th, 2011. See this statement in context.