The Official Languages Act is preceded by a preamble that I very much appreciate. It expresses the spirit of the act and the major underlying ideas. I am in favour of that from the outset, and I have heard no arguments for deleting this preamble.
From a legal standpoint, whether or not the preamble is there does not compromise the bill's legality as such. Since I personally very much appreciate the preamble to the Official Languages Act, I—