I think we've had plenty of debate. Of course we are here to hear from people, but I would also like to move a motion, as I said at the start of the meeting, so that we can move forward and make amendments to the bill. We need to meet the expectations of francophone communities in Quebec and outside Quebec who are desperately waiting for a modernized act.
Today marks our 16th meeting. We've been saying since June that we want to move forward, effectively and efficiently, with improvements to the bill, and the proposal we would like to make later today is along those lines. Obviously everyone has valid points to make today, but the francophone communities across the country expect us to act effectively and efficiently, as they told us 15 meetings ago. I look forward to the opportunity to move my motion a little later.
I would also ask my colleagues, with all due respect, to keep from making assumptions about how the NDP will vote. Ideally, we should vote and then hear the proposals from all parties, so that we can finally move forward and end these theoretical discussions that only serve to waste the time of francophone communities across the country.