Thank you.
To complete the history that my colleague has provided, the Bloc Québécois has been working to ensure that Bill 101 applies to federally regulated businesses for at least two decades. Over the years, we have managed to gain the support of all opposition parties.
As Mr. Godin said, there were in fact negotiations with the government of Quebec, which probably feared that it would not pass. It then reached an agreement to bring the Official Languages Act and the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act closer to the Charter of the French Language. In the end, it was the NDP that joined the Liberals in voting against this.
We therefore have two language regimes in Quebec. The act is quite ambiguous, because the Commissioner of Official Languages has the authority to take action to ensure that the rights provided for in the act are acknowledged, but the minister is the one responsible for enforcing it. Furthermore, the regulations mention the minister, but they do not specify the role of the Commissioner of Official Languages at all.
Mr. Campofredano, do you have anything to add to that? In the end, aren't these regulatory measures ambiguous?
