Madam Chair, I would like to thank my colleague from New Westminster—Burnaby.
One way to advance the French language and encourage people to use it is to promote it. This is not about pitting English and French against each other but about encouraging people to take pride in speaking French. In other countries, there has been an increase in the number of people who speak French.
Why is the French language declining in Canada? Why has nothing been done in five years? My colleague's question is very relevant and we should promote French so that people are proud to speak it.