Mr. Speaker, indeed, there is a wonderful hotel on Isle‑aux‑Coudres. I will get there one day. I hope I get a warm welcome.
French certainly is extremely important. We must defend and promote it. That being said, at no time during my election campaign did anyone tell me that they think judges should be bilingual. What people told me is that they want us to promote French across Canada and, above all, to speak French here in Parliament in Ottawa, to ask questions in French, to answer questions in French and to perfectly represent our beautiful language.
That is what I pledge to do for the next few years.