My question to the minister is quite simple. He and his party were elected a year ago on the promise that they would modernize the Official Languages Act. As we know, the act first saw the light of day 51 years ago under Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada's 15th prime minister. There was an update in 1988 under Brian Mulroney. It goes without saying that another modernization is in order after 51 years. It is obvious.
That being said, why is that party talking about tabling a white paper instead of modernizing the act? As the member for Lévis—Lotbinière said so eloquently, a white paper is only filled with blank pages. People want action, not white papers.