Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I also thank the witnesses for coming to make their presentations today.
As a Franco-Ontarian, I must say that it is very important for our culture to survive and flourish. I want to ask some questions, but unfortunately, just like my distinguished colleagues, I also have motions to introduce because I want to make sure that they are made public.
Here is the first motion:
That, by January 30, 2012, the committee publicly justify why it has spent $109,621.18 to conduct an as-yet incomplete study on linguistic duality in Canada's north.
I give notice of the second motion, as follows:
That the committee ask the Treasury Board subcommittee conducting the strategic and operational review to provide, by March 1, 2012, a report on the status of official languages in the strategic and operational review as well as an official languages' status report at the end of the review.
Thank you. Once again, I apologize for taking some time to present my notices of motion.
When I was younger, I was my party's assistant critic for science and technology.
In your studies, have you looked at the question of books being available online? A lot of people these days are buying things like iPads or Kindles. Do you know how many Franco-Ontarian books are available online?