Thank you, Mr. Chair.
As you know, a new Official Languages Act has just been passed. The Department of Citizenship and Immigration has new authorities under that act which it will have to apply and implement.
With regard to what Mr. Samson discussed and what we heard during previous testimony, I want to go back to what you said, Ms. Veronis. Instead of dividing the department in two, couldn't we create, within the department, a francophone department that, to a certain degree, would have to implement the new act, oversee coordination and ensure respect for equality between English and French and the entire interdepartmental and intergovernmental relationship with the provinces?
I've been thinking about this since you said it. It seems to me it's like cutting a tree in two with a fork. It's almost impossible to think that it can be done one day. Instead of imagining things and hoping, couldn't we create, within the department itself, an agency that would specifically ensure that the act is implemented? I'm going to side with Mr. Samson here. That would be an attractive recommendation. What do you think of it?