Official Languages committee  And for 30 years, the annual reports of the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages have repeated, year after year, that the situation of Francophones is deteriorating, that the situation is dramatic. 85% of complaints filed with the Office come from Francophones, not Anglophones.

Official Languages committee  Here at the University of Ottawa, students in third year or at the master's level will have to take their courses in English.

Official Languages committee  Let's stop the disinformation.

Official Languages committee  So that's language knowledge.

Official Languages committee  I have a comment to make. When you refer to the first official language spoken, you'll understand that we're not talking about the same statistics.

Official Languages committee  Statistics Canada, as far as we're concerned, referred...

Official Languages committee  Except, Ms. Boucher, that let's not play with the figures; let's draw the necessary conclusions.

Official Languages committee  The dominance of English is much greater based on your statistics than on those that I used...

Official Languages committee  ... since my figures tell me that there are 591,000 Anglophones, based on mother tongue in Quebec, and that yours tell you that there 900,000.

Official Languages committee  Pardon me, Ms. Boucher, but no.

Official Languages committee  First, Ms. Boucher, it must be recognized that the action plan needs to be developed further, that a lot more resources should be added to it. I don't think the resources under the Dion Plan would allow for reparations. We're talking about considerable resources for correcting centuries of injustice toward Canada's French-speaking community.

Official Languages committee  Let's be clear on this: the Dion Plan will never be the reparations plan we're talking about. It's distinctly inadequate. We're talking about reparations for Francophones for centuries of injustice, injustice that continues, according to some of the evidence I've heard today. Don't consider the Dion Plan as providing for the reparations that we're seeking today.

Official Languages committee  The statistics you have...

Official Languages committee  Yes. And by mother tongue, language knowledge—

Official Languages committee  First, I'm going to insist, once again, in view of the linguistic asymmetry, on the need to develop a federal language policy based on the promotion of French, providing the resources to achieve results. That's absolutely necessary. Second, I recommend that numbers henceforth be considered as a central indicator in measuring the results of federal policies.