moved for leave to introduce Bill C-225, an act to amend the transfer of language rights to provincial jurisdiction.
Mr. Speaker, I rise to introduce my private member's bill, an act respecting the transfer of language rights to provincial jurisdiction.
Its purpose is to add the words "freedom of speech" to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and to transfer all questions of language out of federal jurisdiction into the control of the provinces.
My bill recognizes that the courts will be obliged to provide services in the language of those bringing matters before them and that Parliament will still be free to choose bilingualism.
I hope my bill will spark debate on the socially divisive, multibillion dollar boondoggle of official languages so that residents of B.C., Quebec and all provinces of Canada come closer to being masters in their house on the vital question of language.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed.)