Mr. Speaker, in August 1994, the federal government announced with great pomp that it would ask 26 federal departments and agencies to implement action plans to meet the needs of francophones outside Quebec. However, the Commissioner of Official Languages himself said that this initiative was a failure.
My question is for the Deputy Prime Minister. Will the Minister of Canadian Heritage finally realize that, by not fulfilling her obligations under the Official Languages Act, she is condoning the assimilation of French speaking people, to the tune of 38 per cent in Ontario and 75 per cent in British Columbia?