Mr. Speaker, the report of the Commissioner of Official Languages is clear: in Canada, being francophone is a handicap for an athlete.
They have to leave their language behind if they want to mount the podium, because national organizations have neither a policy nor the ability to provide services in French, and the federal government is directly responsible for this situation.
Instead of denying the problem as he did on the weekend, will the Secretary of State for Amateur Sport finally invest some money to ensure that the francophone athletes receive services in their own language?