I'm going to piggyback on what Ms. Chouinard just said.
The consultations that have been held to date and the reports that have been published are very important. What we have right now is a new political situation. When the consultations began a few years ago, the place of French in Quebec was not part of the equation.
I've said several times, and I even published it in an article in Le Devoir, that if Quebec doesn't take part in this exercise, that will confirm the fact that the Official Languages Act is an act that solely concerns the official language minority communities. However, it's a major Canadian act that concerns all Canadians, including Quebeckers.
Although we should wait a little because we want to ensure that all the parties in Canada support the new official languages bill that we introduce, we can very well welcome the white paper. It will help establish a dialogue on reforming the act. However, the one doesn't exclude the other.
The white paper will definitely be followed by an Official Languages Act. Let's hope we don't have to wait for the next election to have a new and reinforced statute.