Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate Ms. Bisaro for bringing this motion forward. To not repeat many of the concerns that she has, as well as other committee members shared, this was a very problematic issue for the standing committee, which really has a very legitimate mandate to do this type of oversight. We are saddled with the ability to review all the policymaking and program on languages, so committee was very concerned. I think that was reflected in our report, almost to the point where there was a disregard for the committee in trying to get a firm answer with respect to the 2009 review. Without that formal response from the government, it makes our job that much more difficult in doing the oversight that we did.

Again, this motion asks us some very clear direction, and first and foremost, we need to have that fulsome reply to this 2009 review. Hopefully once we get it, it might be too late for the life of the 17^th Assembly, but we'll hope that for future Assemblies we're able to look at that response and see how those recommendations fit in the actual plan that we have for language moving forward.

I just want to share my thoughts, Mr. Chair. It makes our job much more difficult when there are clear gaping holes in a committee mandate. Not having tools at our disposal and not having that 2009 review report coming back from the department did make our job a lot more cumbersome. I just want to share that thought with the House. Thank you, Mr. Chair.