Thanks very much, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to start by thanking all the witnesses for their highly instructive testimony in the difficult times we're living in.
My first question is for Mrs. Cardinal.
You've written, with regard to French, that the government's actions in periods of crisis have shed light on the prejudiced view that the default language in Canada is English and that French can be sacrificed for the sake of expediency. You've also written that the government's opinion of unilingualism is that it's efficient and that it's almost as though the competent people are necessarily all anglophone.
I think you're right. The Commissioner of Official Languages has made similar remarks. He has even said that, if the Official Languages Act had been modernized and reinforced, many problems that appeared during the crisis could have been avoided.
Do you also think there is an urgent need to modernize the Official Languages Act?