Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My question is about comments made by the Commissioner of Official Languages, who mentioned in his reports that the application of language rights in the public service was problematic. In his 2018‑19 report, he said that: " ...it is worrisome to note that between 2008 and 2017, the results of the Public Service Employee Survey show that there was no significant progress on any of the issues pertaining to official languages."
We think that the source of the problem is a lack of leadership with respect to official languages in our federal institutions. In view of the systemic problems we have often discussed, it would appear that the Department of Canadian Heritage is not succeeding in upholding official languages rights in the public service.
Do you feel that we should take more concrete action on this, not only by means of this act, but also in general?