Yes, Mr. Chair.
Do I have an opportunity to speak a bit about it? Good.
I understand that it may be asking a lot from the new members of the committee, given that they were not there then. All the same, I hope you will support this motion.
Some members of each party were present, including Mr. Godin, Mr. Gourde, Mr. Galipeau, Mr. Lauzon and myself. I hope I'm not wrong in saying that the committee worked very hard to conduct an in-depth study of the current situation in the communities and the effect of immigration and the need for immigration. The committee gathered information, then drafted and adopted a report in the hope of coming back to this matter. We were well aware that there were other issues to study, but we wanted to do that when we knew what direction the government wanted to take.
The report was adopted and tabled. If I remember correctly, that happened in December 2010. The House was dissolved before the government could respond. I would hope that we can take up the report again without making any changes and table it again with a view to getting a response from the government. It's as simple as that. Once we get a response, we would be able to start the second phase of studying this issue, which is a very important one for the official language minority communities. It's quite simple.
I am asking the new members to have confidence by trusting their colleagues. I for one would rely on myself.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.