I would very much like to keep the partisan politics and the pointing of fingers on what the governing party will do or what the opposition party will do when a motion is presented.... On this side, that's not the purpose of the committee, and I don't think we'll get anywhere if we continue down that road.
The fact of the matter is that Commissioner Fraser submitted a report last week. The ministry is considering the report. An integral part of the report is the protection of the language rights of the travelling public. Our government has demonstrated repeatedly and consistently over its mandates, including this one, that it respects and promotes the protection of both official languages in this country. It respects that.
I think it's premature right now to invite the minister, not having given him the opportunity to study the report. His findings may very well be in agreement with what the members opposite are saying at this time. Because of that, I'll be voting against this motion.