I find it interesting that we are giving so much importance to the principle that each person must speak and that we are defending it to this extent. I actually share Mr. Bélanger's concerns that we may ask for it as a principle but not really apply it. That is an interesting possibility to consider. You never know.
I also find it quite relevant to indicate what other committees have done and how they have decided to operate. It is up to us as a group to establish our own operating rules, ones we feel comfortable with and that allow us to work better as a team. Previous traditions and ways of working at this committee, in my opinion, were principles that helped to establish more respect, more openness and more collegiality. At the moment, there is an attitude of resistance. It seems a lot like partisanship, which is not really necessary when we are dealing with a subject like official languages. It seems that, in the view of my opponents, my position is not particularly relevant. But I am still going to continue.