Official Languages committee  My answer is simple: that wouldn't be the way to go. I don't think the Official Languages Act is the way to go if you really want to protect the language rights of Quebec's majority francophone society. The individualistic model is the model on which the Official Languages Act is based, and it may have its benefits.

Official Languages committee  Of course. All our proposals have evolved from a common core idea: that the individualistic symmetrical equality model of bilingualism long and currently advocated by the federal government merely proclaims an artificial and superficial equality whose actual usefulness to Quebec is debatable in that it absolutely fails to protect the collective language rights of the Quebec nation in respect of its sole common language, French.

Official Languages committee  Good afternoon, everyone. I will be speaking since Mr. Perreault, the president of Impératif français, seems to be having technical issues. He will probably join us later. Good afternoon, Mr. Chair, members of the distinguished committee and citizens of Quebec watching these live or recorded proceedings.