Mr. Speaker, once again, I am pleased to rise to defend the French language in this House, but I am also sad because we have yet to see many results.
There are all kinds of concerns about the difficulty of working in French in Quebec, and the best idea the Conservatives could come up with was to create a committee, which we have not heard of since.
It is a non-committee with no mandate, no time frame, no chair, no budget, nothing concrete, nothing other than the government's clear attempt to buy time, hoping that the situation will resolve itself, but everyone knows that it will not. It is quite the opposite, in fact. Problems continue to multiply, in banks, at Air Canada—with the potential move of 140 employees—and even in the Canadian public service.
I want to commend the work of the NDP, which has done its homework and is proposing practical solutions to problems facing francophone workers.
Once again, I urge the government to accept our offer of help and to work with us to recognize the language rights of francophones.