Mr. Speaker, I think one thing is important: looking at the 1996 census, we see right off that the use of French in Canada has increased, which is good news. The greatest increase, of course, has been in the province of Quebec.
As we are already doing with the minority language program, we wish to maintain recognition of the French language as equal to English, through such actions as supporting TVO's French language broadcasting. Programming must be available in French throughout the country and we hope this will continue.