Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to our guests for their excellent presentations this afternoon.
A number of our speakers today have mentioned and emphasized the word "proactive", and I couldn't agree more. While we are in the middle of a pandemic of a magnitude we haven't seen in a century, we know there are floods, ice storms and other disasters coming our way. In Manitoba where I live, many southern Manitoba communities are either entirely or majority francophone, and I don't think they're getting the information they need during these very difficult times.
In his report the commissioner recommended that one option for enhancing the federal government's ability to respond to the act would be to establish an expedited translation service for emergency or crisis situations. Again, this entity could be ramped up quickly and then could be ramped down quickly depending on the situation. I wonder if any of our speakers would have a perspective on that.