Thank you, Chair.
Amendment LIB‑38.1 is on the review that shall be undertaken every 10 years. We want to clarify the bill by specifying certain indicators or items.
I move that Bill C‑13, in Clause 50, be amended by adding after line 35 on page 37 the following:
(1.1) The review undertaken under subsection (1) shall include a comprehensive analysis, over the previous ten years, of the enhancement of the vitality of the English and French linguistic minority communities and of the protection and promotion of the French language in Canada. (1.2) The comprehensive analysis undertaken under subsection (1.1) may include any relevant (a) indicators that are related to sectors that are essential to enhancing the vitality of English and French linguistic minority communities, including the culture, education – from early childhood to post-secondary education – health, justice, employment and immigration sectors; (b) qualitative indicators; and (c) quantitative indicators, including mother tongue spoken, language most often spoken at home, rate of anglicization and francization, language transfer and language of work.