Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for joining us today, in person or virtually.
My first questions are for the Acadian Society of New Brunswick.
I want to express my disagreement with Mr. Doucet about the need to pass the bill quickly and about the bill being satisfactory. We'll be looking for things to improve in the bill this fall, because this will be the law of the land for the next 50 years. We have the same goals, Mr. Doucet, but we're taking different roads to reach them.
Your organization has stated in the past that, in recognition of its particular status, New Brunswick should be exempt from the standard that is “significant demand” for services, which determines where the federal government has to provide bilingual services under the Official Languages Act.
Bill C‑13 maintains the “significant demand” standard.
Am I wrong?