Mr. Speaker, I would like to circle back to my Conservative colleague's question, which has still not been answered. It was a very good question.
My colleague asked why the government did not include official languages in the bill's criteria. The purpose of this bill is to define what constitutes a sufficient connection to Canada. This seems like a perfectly normal condition, given that we operate in both English and French.
How is it that this much-talked-about connection with Canada does not require knowledge of French or English, which is how that connection would be formed?
Is the minister comfortable with the idea of granting citizenship to people who speak neither French nor English but who claim to have strong ties to the country?