Thank you, Chair.
The minister stated, for example, that he believes it is very important to respect the official languages, to deliver services and so forth. Yet, the Commissioner of Official Languages has made recommendations, of which 88% have not been followed. The data indicates 88%. Furthermore, this very same Commissioner of Official Languages, one of the officers of Parliament the minister claims to respect and appreciate, given their qualifications—and one hopes Mr. Graham Fraser is qualified—not only made recommendations, but also concluded that the complaint about the appointment of the Auditor General, Mr. Michael Ferguson, was well founded and that the law had been breached.
Mr. Moore, you are the same minister who openly said we did not need a bill for Canadians to be served in both languages by officers of Parliament. You claim it is useless. But a member of the same government, Maxime Bernier, a cabinet minister, says the opposite and supports the bill.
Just as on Tout le monde en parle, let's ask the killer question. What is your real position? Are you in favour of respecting official languages in our country, yes or no?