Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. As I have said many times, we have the same goal. We want to do everything we can to protect and promote the beautiful French language all across Canada, including here. We recognize that French is in decline in North America,

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, let us be clear. We are the first government to recognize that French is declining in Canada, including here. I once again call on the opposition members, especially the Bloc Québécois, to work closely with us to get this bill passed as quickly as possible. If we ar

Official Languages  Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for her question. We recognize that French is in decline in North America and that French is in decline in Canada. That is why we went ahead with a much more robust version of the bill, to ensure that we can address this situation. I

Official Languages  Madam Speaker, very briefly, it is clear that the member opposite has not read Bill C‑13, because the opposite is true. I really believe that the Bloc Québécois is misleading Canadians. We have moved forward with a new bill to ensure that all federally regulated private busines

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. We recognize that French is in decline in North America and, yes, we recognize that French is in decline in Canada. That is why we went ahead with a new, more robust version of the bill. We will ensure that the federal governme

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, either my hon. colleague is trying to mislead Canadians, or he has not read Bill C-13. If we look at the new version of Bill C-13, what we have is special legislation for federally regulated private businesses to ensure that employees can work in French, and people

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, the serious mistake here is that the Bloc Québécois does not want to work with us on Bill C‑13. We designed this bill to do everything we can to protect and promote our beautiful language. Once again, we have a shared objective with the Bloc and the Government of Qu

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, as I said yesterday, French is in decline in North America, including in Canada. Yes, French is the only minority language in Canada. That is why we are moving forward with an ambitious bill. Like the Government of Quebec, we want to do everything we can to protect

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend and colleague from Etobicoke Centre for his important question and for all of the work he does on official languages. I was in Toronto last week for consultations on the action plan for official languages. Members of official language minority comm

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, let us be very clear. We are the first government to recognize that French is in decline in Canada. That is why we are moving forward with an ambitious bill that will actually resolve this situation. Once again, I would really like it if the Bloc Québécois and all t

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for the question. We agree that French is in decline in North America and, indeed, in Canada. We also agree that the French language is the only minority language in the country. That is why we are moving forward with an ambitious bill to do eve

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, we have been very clear that protecting and promoting the French language is a priority. I am not here to pick a fight with the Bloc either. Quite the opposite, in fact. I want to work closely with the Bloc and ensure that Bill C‑13 gets adopted, because it will mak

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for his question. I also want to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Théberge, the Commissioner of Official Languages, for his work and his report. The House of Commons is still studying the bill to modernize the Official Languages Act.

Main Estimates, 2022-23  Mr. Speaker, I wanted my vote to be recorded as in favour of the motion.

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. As I have said many times, our government is the first to recognize that French is in decline in Canada, including in Quebec. That is why we are moving forward with an ambitious bill, one with teeth, to ensure that we can do