I'll speak in English.
I'm just curious. This is a new committee for me. I'm filling in today.
I'm wondering about the Canadian francophonie and the various groups that might not be represented in conversations, and it seems to me that the list could be very long. I'm curious to know whether the committee has undertaken studies, for example, to understand communities with disabilities, people with disabilities.
I was just at a meeting of the Autism Alliance of Canada in Edmonton, which we helped coordinate with the francophone community in Edmonton, regarding services available in French for families or individuals with autism in the Edmonton area.
Maybe I don't fully understand the mandate of the committee, but it would seem to me that virtually everything that any other committee in Parliament could study could also be studied in the minority language context in this committee.
How do we set priorities? It sounds like there's a fairly busy agenda in front of this committee. What is the core priority of the committee? I think if I were a regular attendee at the committee, I would be ensuring that we were pretty tightly focused on the studies that were already before us and leave lots of flexibility, maximum flexibility, moving forward in case emerging issues arose.
Again, I have a lot of experience in Parliament. I have 20 years' experience in Parliament. The committees that have been the least functional in my mind are the ones that plan all of their studies for two years in advance and never leave room to adapt to something that is a pressing priority.