Thank you, Mr. Chair.
When documents need to be tabled in committee, we ask that they be provided in both languages, out of respect for both official languages.
After all the work that has been done to table this report before the House of Commons, it makes no sense that it can't be ready by Canadians in both official languages. Importance was put on the fact that members of the House had no choice but to agree to receive this report. That's incorrect. We should be able to study this to find out what happened. Why wasn't the report translated as the work was being done on it, so that both of Canada's official languages could be respected?
So I ask you, dear colleagues, to support this. We need to know what happened and report back to the House. I'm telling you now, I will be disappointed if you vote against this because it is going to show whether we support both official languages in our country. We cannot start producing reports and doing work to present to the House of Commons without respecting both official languages.
We talked about that back in June, before we left. Everyone knows what happened. It's unacceptable. I am asking for your support so that we can study it.