That's what I wanted to say, Mr. Chair. You beat me to it.
I propose to eliminate the first paragraph and keep the second paragraph in its entirety. The third paragraph would be amended.
I'll read the amended paragraph: “That the Committee accept the MP for Brantford—Brant's apologies to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement of Canada, to the 4,000 Franco‑Ontarians in his riding, and to all Francophone MPs and all the Francophones in Canada”.
There's another paragraph: “That the Committee recognises that French is just as important to Canada's bilingual status as English, and that French is indispensable to the Canadian identity”. Lastly, I propose to withdraw the last paragraph of Mr. Iacono's motion.
There you go, Mr. Chair. I think that you already received it.