Mr. Speaker, March 20 was the International Day of La Francophonie. However, the Conservatives have clearly abandoned the francophones of this country. When they appeared before the Standing Committee on Official Languages, Service Canada officials confirmed that the Atlantic region was now designated as a unilingual anglophone region.
Can the minister explain what she is doing with the 450,000 francophones living in the Atlantic region? What will they have to do to be respected?