Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Deputy Prime Minister.
In August 1994, the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne, which was taking a look at 25 years under the Official Languages Act, said, and I quote: "Time is running short, as statistics on assimilation indicate. At this rate, our communities will be nothing more than a shadow of their former selves". In short, it sounded a cry of alarm with the government. The government, however, prefers to remain deaf to this sort of appeal and is happy with the twaddle from the commissioner.
Has the government asked the Commissioner of Official Languages to draft a complacent report that does not reflect the truth and contains only what the government wants to hear?