Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to respond to Mr. Généreux, who has been sitting on the committee with me for a long time, at least since 2015.
Mr. Généreux, Ms. Lalonde could answer your question directly, but this amendment suggests to “examine all the tools”. That can support the promotion and protection of official languages in Canada, both directly and indirectly.
Mr. Généreux, you will remember the report on immigration we produced quickly. That could be part of a modernized version of the Official Languages Act, but there could be other measures or other regulations on immigration to support the promotion and protection of our official languages. I am just giving you an example.
I support the amendment. We should not limit ourselves to the Official Languages Act for the promotion and protection of the French fact or of the country's language minorities. A number of federal departments could also get involved. We will inevitably have to examine and measure all the tools during the study proposed in Mr. Beaulieu's fine motion.
Thank you for this amendment, which makes us cast a wider net. Some work has already been done. I will support the amendment for the reasons I just gave, but we could also study other things.