I would like to thank all our guests.
I will address the FCFA representatives.
In your paper on the federal government's new perspective, you say that “French is the official language that needs support to achieve substantive equality.” This is consistent with the Quebec government's request to recognize French as the minority language across Canada. This is a good thing.
You also talked about uniting the Canadian francophonie. Would you agree that, in this new perspective, groups defending the French language in Quebec should be invited to activities aimed at bringing together the entire Canadian francophonie?
This is the first time the Standing Committee on Official Languages has studied the situation of French in Quebec. At other meetings, only anglophones were invited to represent Quebec.
Wouldn't it strengthen solidarity if Quebec's French advocacy groups were also invited?