Good afternoon, Mr. Lacroix. I am very pleased to meet you.
I, too, am a fan of Radio-Canada. But when I hear Conservative members call themselves friends of Radio-Canada, I can't help but have my doubts. During a press conference, you talked about the fact that between 1,350 and 1,400 people will have lost their jobs at CBC/Radio-Canada as a result of the various cost-cutting measures that began in 2009. Friendship is earned.
I took a close look at the process you put in place as far as your conferences go and the 18 partners you chose. When you were organizing the conferences, did you consider including organizations that work directly on protecting linguistic duality? The Standing Committee on Official Languages regularly meets with francophone federations. The Fédération culturelle canadienne-française, the Fédération des aînées et aînés francophones du Canada and the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada come to mind, among others. Did you think about adding a similar organization, one dedicated to protecting linguistic duality, to the 18 members you call participants or participating organizations?