Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'll echo Mr. Bélanger. I may be repeating myself, but sometimes that's what we have to do. I have been sitting on this committee for a good long time now. Mr. Galipeau continues to call me "the veteran", even though I haven't retired yet.
I think it's important to move forward. I am prepared to support this amendment. It is a compromise and, at the same time, it gives all the parties a chance. I must say, for both the Liberals and the Conservatives, that I have been on this committee since 1998 and that there has always been a great deal of respect. Actually, I had the right to speak as the representative for my political party. I think that we have done good work together, and I am ready to support this amendment.
I am eager to have the committee start working because we have work to do. Two communities are following our committee's progress, there are two official languages in this country and we have a lot of work to do. There are concerns in these communities across the country and we need to get to work quickly so that we can find solutions together and make recommendations to the government. Because the most this committee can do is make recommendations. We are doing our work, we are conducting our studies, we are making recommendations to the government and, at the end of the day, the government makes the decisions. The government was elected and has the power, so it must make the decision. But we can influence the government by making recommendations. It is important for this committee's work.
For these reasons, I will support this amendment, and I ask my colleagues to do the same.