There are no doubt things I don't know about. However, there is theoretically nothing preventing the government from making regulations under part VII soon. Theoretically, it can be done.
On the other hand, Mr. Choquette, the real question is whether the official language communities need a band-aid or treatment for the underlying problem.
Sometimes a band-aid is good, but it's not a long-term solution. We need a reform of the act. True, the Federal Court judgment will encourage us to clarify our thinking on part VII.
For a year and a half, your colleagues in the Senate have been examining all kinds of issues related to the act, not only to part VII and the regulations. Your predecessors did the same. That's why we felt it was useful to include, at tab 6, a list of bills introduced before the last federal election.
It will take more than regulations to solve the problem, Mr. Choquette.