Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Minister, thank you for your efforts in French. It's the same problem for me in English.
The motion the NDP has introduced is in response to recent news that there are no francophones on CN's board of directors. As you know, we've questioned Air Canada's president and CEO here in this committee. Now it's CN's turn. There are probably other federal agencies that unfortunately have no interest in, or pay no attention to, the French language.
I'd like you to respond briefly to the following question, Minister: how can you require federally regulated corporations to appoint a given percentage of francophones to their boards?