Deputy ministers should be bilingual, although I know some who are not. I do not see why we would not be more demanding, as deputy ministers are not appointed by Parliament.
Clause 4 reads as follows:
In the event of the absence or incapacity of the incumbent of any of the offices listed in section 2 or vacancy in any of these offices, the person appointed in the interim must meet the requirements set out in section 2.
Here we are talking about interim appointees. Do you support this clause or do you think we should be more flexible and agree to have unilingual agents of Parliament for months, for a limited period of time?