Let me quote from the article. It is important and it provides us with some context.
The article states:
In the next few days, the SANB will be making an application for judicial review to the Federal Court in the matter of Madeleine Meilleur's nomination as Commissioner of Official Languages.
The Court will therefore have to consider the validity of Madeleine Meilleur's appointment process.
Let me reiterate what I said at the outset. First of all, the two largest associations of official language minority communities are asking to meet with the Prime Minister because there are divisions and questions about Madeleine Meilleur's nomination.
Furthermore, complaints were filed with the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages. We will soon know whether one of them is admissible. In all likelihood, it should be, because it refers directly to subsection 49(1) of the Official Languages Act. There is ample evidence of non-compliance with that subsection and a breach of the act.
Official language minority groups will be filing an application for judicial review with respect to this same subsection 49(1). What will the committee do in the meantime? Do we decide not to talk about it until everything is settled? Are we going to wait to issue a certificate of nomination? Are we going to decide to move forward, to look into this, as the motion asks, to understand whether she has the ability or not?
Regardless of what we are going to do, I'd like to hear what the Liberal government has to say because we have been discussing this for the last two or three meetings. This is extremely important. We are talking about the Commissioner of Official Languages, who will be appointed for seven years, not two days. This role is extremely important; she is the watchdog of official languages.
I hear you want to reject this motion and you do not want to try to find out what her ability is. What are the Liberals on this committee planning to do? I do not know and I do not understand where we are headed.
Let me reiterate, because it is important, the two largest associations want to meet with the Prime Minister, a complaint has been filed with the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages, and there is an application for judicial review.
What are we going to do now?