We are now resuming the meeting.
Allow me to welcome Mr. Hubert Lussier, Assistant Deputy Minister, Citizenship and Heritage, and Mr. Jean-Pierre Gauthier, Director General, Official Languages Branch.
Gentlemen, welcome to this meeting of the Standing Committee on Official Languages.
For the information of our colleagues, I would first like to remind you of the way in which we proceed. You will make a presentation of 10 minutes or so. It will be followed by comments from our colleagues.
In the first round, the order will be as follows: Conservatives, six minutes; Liberals, six minutes; NDP, six minutes; then the Liberals, six minutes again.
In the second round, the Liberals will have six minutes; Conservatives, six minutes; Liberals, six minutes again; Conservatives, five minutes; and the NDP, three minutes.
That is about 50 minutes in total. If we add the 10 minutes for the initial presentation, that will give us the full hour.
If members have other questions and the hour we have today is not enough, we may well invite you back to another meeting.
Gentlemen, the floor is yours.