I recognize the importance of being able to communicate in both official languages and as mentioned in my introduction I have not yet reached a sufficient level of competency in French, but I am well aware that in order to respect Parliament and the citizens of Canada duly, I am going to have to improve my fluency in French. I have committed to learning French because I feel that that is important. I made an effort during the past year in order to learn French and my progress to date demonstrates that I have the capacity to learn that language.
On October 31st, 2011. See this statement in context.