I don't agree with Mr. Lefebvre. If that's not the role of the Standing Committee on Official Languages, then what is?
You are the first to want to defend official language minority communities, including the anglophone community in Quebec. However, when we demand accountability, that's a whole different story. Yet it's not a big deal. We also received motions like that when we were the government and we accepted them.
Even if the committee carries the motion, we will not be the ones setting the Prime Minister's agenda.
What's the purpose of the Standing Committee on Official Languages if we can't even stand up for the communities that are asking us to represent them? What is your role in the Standing Committee on Official Languages? We will have to change its name, because, right now, you are not defending the official language minority communities. You are standing up for your government, which is unacceptable. The francophone communities, the Acadian community and Quebec's anglophone community need us. Regardless of our stripes, our committee must represent them and give a voice to the request those people are expressing in the newspapers, since they cannot submit the motion to our committee. If our committee can't even receive those requests and turn them into motions, why are we here, apart from looking at each other and preparing fine reports?