I'm pleased to be able to answer your question, Mr. Godin.
The first thing to do is to set an example. That's particularly appropriate in the current circumstances.
First, the federal government should strive to maintain impeccable conduct in respecting the equality of the two languages in Canada. Recent ministerial appointments and actions have caused consternation in many respects by seeming to run counter to the stated aims of the act and government.
Second, it must put an end to this competition between languages, which is supported by legal action based on a misconception of the minorities in Quebec and Canada, particularly in labour legislation. The federal government should not be challenging the Quebec government's language planning or resistance measures—you can't call them anything else—to the imposition of and compliance with linguistic obligations in federally regulated businesses.
Third, I'd like to address an aspect that's more pervasive but nevertheless very important, and that is the recognition of jurisdictions, particularly in health and education. Action taken to promote the use of English in Quebec results, in the health sector, in tens of millions of dollars being granted literally to impair the expansion of the French language.