Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Chunseng Leung said that he spoke five languages and that he had visited a number of countries. He said that, when he travels in a country, he learns the country's language. However, he apologized for not speaking French in Canada. I don't know whether he realized that there were two official languages in Canada. He could have learned them, but he was not required to do so.
In Canada, anglophones don't all have to learn French. Someone once said that anglophones didn't all have to learn French and that francophones all had to learn English. However, we want bilingual people to provide services. We also want to preserve our languages and culture in our regions. If we leave that up to companies or the markets, it will be worrisome.
Mr. Nadeau, you explained it very well. In Tracadie-Sheila, all the gas station signs are in English. And yet it's a francophone area; it's the heart of Acadia. I know that Dieppe would like to be the heart of Acadia, like Nova Scotia now. However, if we let those things go, it will be disturbing. We see that some people don't even take the trouble to learn French, and that's all right, except that we can't say the markets will resolve the matter. No. The government has responsibilities. You all agree with me: the government has responsibilities.