Mr. Chair, I want to speak in my capacity as vice-chair of the committee. Although I didn't support your decision, I still have confidence in you.
My suggestion to the committee members would be to hold a subcommittee meeting, since it may be easier to have four rather than 12 people debating. I think we agree that we should move forward. I heard Mr. Arseneault express considerable support for a motion by Mr. Beaulieu that hasn't been adopted yet.
With the agreement of the committee members, perhaps we could agree on an agenda for consideration in a subcommittee. If we want to debate motions for hours, we can do so. However, at least we'll have a road map and we can move forward. I'd even say that we could have a good time and make progress. I've heard about some important issues, including, of course, the decline of the French language. Some very worthwhile motions have been proposed. I think that the committee is looking forward to making progress.
That's why we wanted to meet as a subcommittee before this meeting, in order to come up with a report and recommendations. In the end, we couldn't do so because of Internet issues. However, if we need to take another week to do this, let's do it. In any event, we'll be working overtime, since we'll be meeting with the Commissioner of Official Languages during our break week.
This was my privilege as vice-chair. I'll give you back the floor, Mr. Chair.