Thank you, Mr. Chair.
These are very appropriate comments. Over the past few years we've all become aware of instances of French being ignored by some corporations, including Air Canada. Nevertheless, I find that this amendment is too general and that it will prevent unilingual people from being appointed to these sorts of senior administrative positions.
It's important to develop a bilingual culture in companies, corporations, and the public service, and I think something is said about that elsewhere in the bill. It's important to require these people to learn the other language. It's not always easy, but I think that's the philosophy that should underpin all of this. There is no bilingual culture at the moment. That's why it ought to be included in the bill.
However, this amendment appears to be too general and it skirts the issue.