Official Languages committee  I am ready.

Official Languages committee  I understand my colleague's point of view, but the Conservatives have nothing to teach me about official languages. You must know that, during the 10 years they were in power, they slashed more than $675 million from CBC. That had a direct effect on the vitality of minority lang

Official Languages committee  I know that my colleague Carla Qualtrough is currently working on the Canada Post issue. There were a lot of cuts to Canada Post under the Conservative government, and we wanted to make sure that home delivery was maintained and that better services are provided for Canadians in

Official Languages committee  I do not want to add insult to injury, but we first had to re-establish the court challenges program, because the Conservatives had abolished it

Official Languages committee  We have agreed on a contract with the University of Ottawa. They have developed a centre of excellence and have started hiring people. We have a committee that has conducted all the interviews.

Official Languages committee  I will be making the appointments very quickly and then cases will finally be able to be heard through the court challenges program. Our government knows that it is important.

Official Languages committee  It may have been Hubert Lussier, who unfortunately has retired.

Official Languages committee  We all liked him.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  The Harper government's intention was to abolish the entire court challenges program. Thereafter, the department expressed its opinion that the program was very important, if not almost constitutional, and it was impossible to abolish it without compromising Canadians' language r

Official Languages committee  I am happy to be here.

Official Languages committee  Thank you. Clearly, we have a strong defender of official languages here. The Action Plan for Official Languages 2018-2023 contains two new features. First, early childhood is recognized for the first time. For young people to continue to be part of a minority language communit

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  Yes.