Mr. Chair, I will move this amendment, which is suggested by one of my colleagues from British Columbia.
I move that Bill C-13, in clause 62, be amended in item (a) by replacing lines 33 to 35 on page 59 with the following:
“the Governor in Council shall take into account the following factors, as well as any factors that the Governor in Council considers appropriate:”
I further move that this bill, in the same clause, be amended in item (b) by replacing line 2 on page 60 with the following:
nority communities, including the institutional vitality of the French linguistic minority community of the region, which could be established, among other factors, by the presence or absence of a public elementary or secondary school, a cultural or community centre or other institutions belonging to that minority; and (d) the offer of services in French by federal institutions under Part IV of the Official Languages Act.
I think it's important for our francophone minorities outside of Quebec that we think about them. It's an additional tool, and we know that organizations in British Columbia are fighting very hard and they often have the wind in their face. I think this proposal would give them an additional tool.