Mr. Chair, in light of a few of the factors that have just been raised, I'd like to present a subamendment. We've just sent it to the clerk for distribution to the committee members.
First of all, I'd like to acknowledge the work done by the francophone community in British Columbia. This marginalized community has fought all the way up to the Supreme Court to protect its rights. We believe that it's essential to support them. And of course we acknowledge that any situations that would create barriers elsewhere, in all of the country's communities, ought to be avoided.
That said, we are proposing a subamendment to alter some of the wording in proposed paragraph 25(2)(a), to eliminate the word "policy", in proposed paragraph 25(2)(b), and to replace proposed subsection 25(3) with a new subsection 25(3) that would add a number of details to address the concerns we heard.