I understand, Minister. I am not talking about the quality of the Prime Minister's French. I am talking much more about the proportion of French he uses in his public interventions. You say that he acknowledged that he needs to do better, but let's not forget that during his pre-budget speech at the University of Ottawa, a bilingual university, the topics he addressed in French were very simplistic—I mean no disrespect—compared to the topics he addressed in English, which were much stronger, much more important for society and more focused on the economy. He made that speech in a bilingual setting where he had the opportunity to speak French.
My question is simple. What did your predecessor do? What is going to be done? What have you done? I understand that you just got here, but what are you going to put in place to require the Prime Minister and other government agencies to use French?
Minister, you said that the Prime Minister was committed to a work environment where one can use the language of their choice. In that case, his choice is English.
Did I get that right?
