Thank you for giving me an opportunity to clarify my remarks.
Mr. Housefather's question asked whether this amendment didn't create a new offer of services in French that could have the effect of reducing the offer of services in English. I answered that he was correct.
Now, I will explain why.
The French version of the proposed amendment says "le gouverneur en conseil tient compte". In the English version of that, it says "the Governor in Council shall". In English, "shall" contains the idea of an obligation. If there is an obligation to take into account the minority situation of French, then how it was taken into account must be proven. To have an effect, the offer of services in French must be made predominant, and this would reduce the offer of services in English.
That is the potential effect that this amendment will have, because it has to be proved that the Governor in Council took into account the minority situation of French and the linguistic specificity of Quebec.