As a matter of fact, if the honourable senator had been following the Prime Minister during the recent election campaign — which obviously she was not — and since that time, she would know that his commitment to francophone communities not only in the Province of Quebec but elsewhere in the country is absolutely paramount.
En fait, si madame le sénateur avait suivi le premier ministre pendant la récente campagne électorale — ce qu'elle n'a manifestement pas fait —, et depuis lors, elle saurait que l'engagement du premier ministre envers les collectivités francophones, non seulement au Québec, mais aussi ailleurs au Canada, est absolument primordial.