An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Madam Speaker, I am very pleased to answer the member's question. First, my speech at second reading has already been delivered. This evening I was here to listen to all the comments from all my colleagues because this bill is very important to the entire population. I am not af

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. Today, I was very pleased to welcome him to the reception with the secretary general of the Observatoire de l'éthique publique. I am very pleased that the member participated in that event with me today. I thank him for that.

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Madam Speaker, congratulations to my hon. colleague for her unanimous consent motion this week in the House. That was well done. With respect to the issue of increasing our level of people who want to speak and learn French, what is very clear is that over the past number of yea

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Madam Speaker, I would also like to thank my colleague from New Brunswick for her hard work and her support for our bill. We have been very clear in Bill C-13 and in many other instances. Through this legislation, we want to do everything we can to ensure that indigenous langua

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Madam Speaker, I am very pleased to be here tonight. I would like to recognize that we are all gathered here tonight on the traditional unceded territories of the Anishinabe Algonquin nation. Before I officially begin my speech, I want to once again mention that I am an Acadian

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Madam Speaker, over the past few months, I have had the privilege of meeting with a number of stakeholders who have shared the improvements they want to see in this bill compared to the old Bill C‑32. I believe we have incorporated those improvements in Bill C‑13. I really appre

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague, whom I very much like, for his speech this evening. Over the past few months, I had the privilege of meeting many stakeholders who told me what they wanted to see in the new version of Bill C-13. One suggestion I heard many times was to cre

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Madam Speaker, through the course of the past six months, I have had the privilege and the opportunity to meet with many stakeholders who work in the field of official languages. They provided us with some feedback, so we made some improvements with Bill C-13. Would the member b

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for his speech this evening and for his comments. I was wondering if my hon. colleague could comment on the importance of including the court challenges program in the new Bill C‑13, since that program was abolished by the previous gov

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Halifax West for her speech and her support for Bill C-13. I would also like to congratulate her for her work as a member of the official languages caucus and for what she achieved while she was the minister responsible for i

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Madam Speaker, I am a bit confused. This evening I have been hearing many Conservative members talking about how we have not done much when it comes to official languages since 2015. Let me do a bit of recap. I am very proud of the work that has been done since we formed governme

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Madam Speaker, I thank my Bloc Québécois colleague for his speech this evening. We do agree on one thing: French is in decline in Canada, including in Québec. The federal government and all the provinces and territories have to help tackle this demographic decline. Bill C‑13 is

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Madam Speaker, I would also like to take a moment to thank my colleague from Yukon for his outstanding work. As a member of the official languages caucus, I always enjoy his speeches. I sincerely thank him. As an Acadian who lives in an official language minority community in Ne

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Madam Speaker, I want to thank my friend and colleague for the excellent work he does as chair of the official languages caucus and for his leadership throughout his career. During his speech earlier, my friend mentioned the court challenges program, which has been very importan

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, again, I thank my friend for the question. As a francophone who lives in New Brunswick in an official language minority community, I know the importance of protecting and promoting French throughout the country, including in Quebec. That is why we are introducing a