Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to the witnesses for taking part in this exercise today. As I told the previous panel, you are helping us to be better.
My question is for both organizations.
In your opening statements, you gave us an overview of the situation, and we all feel the same: an enormous amount of work must be done to improve the situation of the French language, one of the two official languages in Canada. Now, how can we do that?
We are here today to improve Bill C‑13, the purpose of which is to modernize the Official Languages Act. My question will be very specific. How can we establish tools, statutory provisions, that would enable action to be taken in the provinces and territories? How can we improve the bill by considering language clauses, for example? What do you think would be the best amendment to make language clauses effective?
I'll ask Mr. Laberge to answer first, and then it will be Mr. Désilets' turn.