Madam Speaker, will unplanned communications take place simultaneously in French and English? According to the present plan, there will be a 12 hour delay for what are called non-urgent communications and a six hour delay for urgent communications, which is a denial of the equal status of French and English.
Will all crowd leaders be bilingual? Will the medical services be able to provide care without delay in French as well as in English as each case requires? Will biographies of all athletes be available in French and English to the media and the public by the beginning of the Games? Will the front line personnel at the Vancouver Games be able to respect the requirement to actively offer their services in French and English during the whole international event? Will the Public Health Agency of Canada and the RCMP be able to offer their services—