Post-Secondary Education  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Pontiac for her question and for her hard work. I was very pleased to be at the University of Ottawa yesterday with the President of the Treasury Board to announce a federal contribution of $20.4 million to support French-language programs

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my friend and colleague from Cloverdale—Langley City for his important question. I also wish him a happy Francophonie Month. I was very pleased to be in the Vancouver area last week where we announced an investment of nearly $13.5 million, in partner

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for his important question. As he aptly noted, Bill C‑13 is currently before the Standing Committee on Official Languages for a clause-by-clause review. Official language minority communities have been waiting for this bill for a long ti

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my friend and colleague from Laval—Les Îles for his important question and his hard work. Our French language is invaluable, and it is at risk. That is why we are the first government to recognize the decline of the French language and also th

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, yesterday was a historic day for this country's official languages. The action plan makes a historic $4.1-million investment to support our official language minority communities and reverse the decline of French across the country, including in Quebec. The funding

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, again, yesterday, we announced and unveiled a truly historic action plan with $4.1 million to protect and promote our official language minority communities and reverse the decline of French in Quebec and across Canada. We are not funding English in Quebec. On the c

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, it is quite the opposite. With our investment in official languages, we are doing everything we can to protect and promote French across the country, including in Quebec, as well as to support our official language minority communities. Yesterday, we unveiled a pla

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  moved that Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact An Act respecting the use of French within the federal private sector and to make related amendments to other Acts, as amended, be concurred in at report stage with further amendments.

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  moved that Bill C‑13, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act and to make related amendments to other Acts, be read the third time and passed. Mr. Speaker, hon. members, colleagues and friends, I am ex

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his questions and his work on the Standing Committee on Official Languages. I think that co-operation really is key. We understand just how important our two official languages are to our beautiful country, and we can always d

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, once again, I want to thank my Bloc Québécois colleague for the work he has done on the Standing Committee on Official Languages. I think we share a common goal with the Bloc québécois. We recognize that French is the only one of Canada's official languages in decli

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague and friend, as well as the NDP member for Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, for the work that she has done on Standing Committee on Official Languages. She has truly been a partner, and I appreciated working with her. If this were an easy piece of leg

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, French is the language of love. I want my message to anglophones in Quebec to be very clear. Bill C-13 in no way removes any rights from English-speaking Quebeckers. With this legislation, the modernization of the Official Languages Act, we want to make sure that

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, first, I would simply like to say that, since 2015, our government has basically doubled the investments in all areas of official languages through our official languages action plan. We are making historic investments of $4.1 billion over the next five years. Secon

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I have to say that you look quite dashing in that chair. I would like to thank my colleague from La Pointe-de-l'Île for his speech. I would also like to thank the Bloc Québécois for supporting Bill C-13, which will really make a difference in communities across the