Senator Cormier: Thank you for that answer, Senator Gold. Still on the subject of official languages, and considering the commitment to ensure that our country has a fully bilingual Constitution, how does the government intend to respond formally to the motion moved in this chamber by Senator Dalphond and adopted by the Senate on March 29, 2022, now that Bill C-13 has passed without including the substance of that motion in the modernized act?

Hon. René Cormier: My question is for the Leader of the Government in the Senate. I would like to come back to the question that my colleague, Senator Carignan, asked yesterday in the Senate. The question had to do with the fact that senior officers at RCMP headquarters hold bilingual positions even if they don’t speak French or even have access to language training. In the media, a lawyer who specializes in language rights, Mark Power, thinks the Treasury Board needs to intervene to resolve this situation at RCMP headquarters.

My question is the following: What clear deadlines has the government set for drafting the necessary regulations and orders to fully implement the modernized version of the Official Languages Act?