Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Let me start by explaining amendment LIB‑40.1. The purpose of the future use of French in federally regulated private businesses act is to promote and protect the use of French in federally regulated private businesses in Quebec and in regions with a strong francophone presence, as mentioned earlier. We have several amendments to move at this stage, and I'm going to talk about the first one.
I am proud to move the first in a series of amendments. The goal is to incorporate additional details on the use of French in communications with employees and as a language of work. The changes are consistent with the vision that the federal govermment laid out in the reform proposal it released in February 2021. Instead of adding these new requirements through regulations, however, the government decided to explicitly include them in the act.
More specifically, the amendments will add new clauses and additional details, particularly with regard to what the employer is required to do to respect the employees' right to work and be supervised—