Madam Speaker, I always enjoy listening to the speeches of my colleague, the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons.
I must say that there is a huge contradiction between his words and the government's lack of action. The government waited six years before finally introducing—and it had to be pushed—a modernization of the Official Languages Act. I could tell him that we have seen the impact of underfunding francophone programs and institutions here, in British Columbia, as elsewhere in Canada. There were also Liberal members who disputed the fact that French was being threatened.
I understood my colleague's speech, and it was a good one.
When will the government finally admit that French is threatened and start funding francophone institutions and take steps to put its fine words into action?