Mr. Speaker, here is a government that has been in power for six months and, in the face of an emergency, responds that the policy is on the drawing board. That will not do.
How can the minister not commit immediately to adopting in the coming weeks a general, comprehensive policy on the development of La Francophonie? According to the federation, which proclaims the urgency of the situation, "the rate of assimilation is increasing and the socioeconomic situation is deteriorating".