Mr. Speaker, how can she explain the brutal cuts to official languages in the case of the court challenges program?
The Commissioner of Official Languages finds it difficult to reconcile the minister's intentions with the actions of the government to which she belongs.
In other words, the minister says one thing and her government does another. She talks about linguistic duality, but her colleague the Minister of National Defence abandons francophones in the armed forces. She says she wants to support communities, but her Prime Minister cancels the court challenges program.
How does the minister feel, knowing that she has no credibility, no power and no authority in her own portfolio?