Thank you very much, Mr. Généreux.
We're dealing here with the proposed clause about government-wide coordination, which seeks to specify who will coordinate implementation of the act. This clause attempts to formalize the role that the Minister of Canadian Heritage already plays in implementing and coordinating the federal Official Languages Act.
Your amendment proposes that this responsibility be assigned to a cabinet committee, the Treasury Board. A clarification is in order here: Anything having to do with the Official Languages Act should go through a cabinet committee. If the intent is to make a minister responsible for the act, it should be specified that that would be the president of the Treasury Board. It should be noted that the department that supports the president of the Treasury Board is the Treasury Board Secretariat.
For greater clarity in the implementation of this amendment, the text should be corrected, unless the intent is to give authority to a cabinet committee, which would include several individuals.