Mr. Chair, earlier, my colleague introduced an amendment related to immigration, and my remarks are somewhat along the same lines. I believe that words are important and that we need to give ourselves tools to be more demanding and firmer and obtain better results in terms of immigration.
We know that results have been abysmal—forgive me for using such a strong word—in the past. This year, the government met its target of 4.4%, but it took several years. As the FCFA said, we need to catch up and set the target at 20% for the next few years to restore the demographic weight of Francophones.
I therefore move that Bill C‑13, in Clause 23, be amended by replacing lines 18 to 20 on page 15 with the following:
“(b) a statement that the Government of Canada is committed to restoring and increasing the demographic”