Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Before we go any further, I'd like to come back to adjourning debate on the motion I had moved. This adjournment was proposed on May 26. I'd like to reopen the debate on this motion.
I would remind you that, on March 5, 2021, Mélanie Joly, who was Minister of Official Languages at the time, simply issued a press release announcing the creation of an expert panel. The goal was to enable people to work effectively and to provide tools related to the preparation of the bill to modernize the Official Languages Act.
Mélanie Joly had prepared a white paper, but the roles of the ministers were reshuffled, and Ms. Joly unfortunately lost that portfolio. It was Ms. Petitpas Taylor who took over this responsibility. Actually, I may be mistaken about the timeline. It may have been Mr. Boissonnault, but that's not important to the story. What matters is the outcome.
We had a debate on the Standing Committee on Official Languages on May 26, and the Liberals voted against the motion I had moved. It simply asked that the committee receive the results of the expert panel's study. That would have enabled us to give Canadian Heritage the tools to be even more effective. We've never seen the results of this expert panel study.
I am going to read the motion from May 26, in which I requested—