Good afternoon, everyone.
I will be speaking since Mr. Perreault, the president of Impératif français, seems to be having technical issues. He will probably join us later.
Good afternoon, Mr. Chair, members of the distinguished committee and citizens of Quebec watching these live or recorded proceedings.
It is an honour for me to appear before this parliamentary committee. Special thanks and a nod as well to Impératif français and its president, Mr. Perreault.
I am going to present three simple, clear and detailed legislative proposals. We believe that they are entirely feasible from a legal standpoint and that the federal government could adopt them as a tangible contribution to stemming the decline of the French language in Quebec in its areas of jurisdiction. All it would take—could this be too big a price to pay?—is the political will to take real action to that end.
The recommendations and legislative proposals that we are submitting to the federal government are set forth in detail in the 60-page brief we submitted to the House of Commons on February 5. Appended thereto are detailed proposals and amendments to the legislative model that the government could readily enact.
We have chosen to focus our recommendations on three specific points. In our view, they are of the utmost importance and do not prejudice the many other language issues involving the Government of Quebec within the federation. They have all evolved…