Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thanks once again to all our witnesses for being here and for taking the time to come and speak to us. I'm sure they have very busy schedules.
Before I start, I'd like to congratulate publicly Ms. Cardinal, who is now the new regional director of the Agence universitaire de la francophonie dans les Amériques, the AUF. I wanted at least to greet and congratulate her on that appointment.
I have a lot of questions. In Orleans, questions were raised about this slip-up and what was perhaps a government decision.
I was very proud to hear Minister Joly say it made no sense. I don't want to quote her, but I think that was the gist of her message. She very much agreed that we had to do better and find solutions. That's the purpose of our current study.
I'd like to speak to Mr. Larocque, but everyone may speak.
Mr. Larocque, I was really interested in what you said about what appears in the preambles to the acts and how we can perhaps create new sections in the Official Languages Act to reinforce the language situation. We all agree that the departments often work in isolation, and that's what has happened during this pandemic.
Do you think it would be preferable to adapt the act, to make express regulations under other acts or to combine measures?
I think I know what you're going to say, but I'd really like to hear your comments on the matter, particularly on the preamble to the Emergency Measures Act and that of the Official Languages Act.