Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank the witnesses for being here this frigid morning on the banks of the Ottawa River.
I'll start with you, Ms. Tellier. I was going to call you “Ms. Letellier”, but that's another story.
It was sweet music to my ears when you said in your presentation that the appointment of the Governor General was extremely detrimental. As you said, one must lead by example.
The Governor General holds the highest office in Canada and is influential. We're not blaming the individual. The problem is that the person who holds the highest office in Canada, who represents a bilingual country, is not bilingual. As I often say, bilingualism in this case means English and French. The person is bilingual, but does not speak French.
How can we fix this mess?