I call this meeting back to order.
Welcome back to meeting number 38 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages, suspended on November 3, 2022.
This meeting continues. It is both a new meeting and meeting number 38.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the motion adopted by the House on Thursday, June 23, 2022. Members may participate either in person or via Zoom.
We will pick up where we left off, resuming debate on Mr. Serré's motion, Mr. Godin's amendments and Mr. Généreux's subamendment.
Mr. Généreux, before I give you the floor, I will read the subamendment to put things into context, since it's been a week and a half.
Mr. Bernard Généreux moved the following subamendment:
That the amendment be amended by adding after the words “the Minister of Official Languages, the President of the Treasury Board, the Minister of Canadian Heritage and the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship and their officials be invited to appear for one two hours for each minister in separate meetings no later than Thursday, November 24, 2022”, the following: “but that, before proceeding with a clause-by-clause analysis, Quebec be given the opportunity to appear or to submit its positions before amendments are submitted, in order to protect its requests for amendments”.
As a brief reminder, we are reversing the procedure. We are considering the subamendment proposed by Mr. Généreux, the amendments proposed by Mr. Godin and the main motion moved by Mr. Serré.
Mr. Généreux, you have the floor.