Minister, in its present form, the Official Languages Act has prevented neither the decline of French nor this kind of incident from occurring for the past 50 years. And yet it has been said for 50 years that we should ensure that Canada is represented internationally in both official languages. However, it's nearly 2023, and today, in 2022, we're still witnessing these kinds of situations.
Who's going to say, once again, that it isn't his fault and that the problem should be directed to the Treasury Board?
All the organizations whose representatives have testified here have discussed this. Ms. Joly said in her own white paper on official languages that the Treasury Board should be entirely responsible for implementing the Official Languages Act. Like everything else, however, that will slip through the cracks.