Good morning, Mr. Power.
It's always an honour to have you with us. Your remarks are clear and precise, which is not always the case of those of other lawyers. I congratulate you on that.
All joking aside, Mr. Power, I'm going to continue along the same lines as Mr. Samson.
I agree we should use the word "shall" rather than "may". What should be changed in the act? New responsibilities have been assigned to the Department of Canadian Heritage. It must conduct consultations, but that department is in addition to the Treasury Board. Perhaps I'm extrapolating, but I don't think Canadian Heritage has a lot of power, unlike the Treasury Board. That's what I understand from everything I read.
Canadian Heritage conducts consultations with other federal departments. Apart from that, has the person responsible at Canadian Heritage, regardless of the party in power, ever had enough power to change things with regard to the Official Languages Act, or should we still turn to the Treasury Board?