That was not necessarily the substance of the discussions, but the end result. We should keep in mind the infamous Thursday when we lost all the necessary tools to require federally regulated employees in Quebec to speak French. It happened in the middle of the night, between Thursday night and Friday morning. Let us not forget that the amendments were defeated because the government of Quebec reached an agreement with the government of Canada. However, I think that when that happened, the francophonie came out on the losing side.
I want to pick up on a specific point. You said that the threshold would be set at 100 employees in regions with a strong francophone presence. Why was it set at 100 employees? Why wasn't it set at 50, 25 or 1,000 employees? How was the figure of 100 employees determined?
