Mr. Speaker, while the minister wants to come across as the champion of official languages, a damning report from the Treasury Board paints a grim picture of his government's performance in this area.
How does the minister explain the cuts in excess of $100 million, over a 10 year period, in the budgets of the official languages programs, thus bringing these budgets back to the 1977-78 level, more than 25 years ago?