Official Languages committee  Exactly. The government often relies on the clause that states: “where numbers warrant”. However, it's hard to determine that number without adequate facilities, and if we don't have service of equal quality to that of the English-language schools. We've seen it in all our centres: from the moment the school centre came into existence, our numbers rose incredibly.

Official Languages committee  Absolutely.

Official Languages committee  ... in five years...

Official Languages committee  Yes. In addition, another school, Carrefour de l'Isle-Saint-Jean in Charlottetown, was built in 1991. The building was constructed to accommodate 150 students. In the first years, there were between 50 and 75 students; now there are more than 250. They have a nice centre, but they've exceeded the school's capacity in 15 years.

Official Languages committee  The Court Challenges Program was obviously essential and crucial in getting our six schools. We had two, and, if we hadn't taken the Government of Prince Edward Island to court to get schools in the regions that didn't have any, that is Summerside, West Prince and Rustico first of all, we still might not have our schools today.

Official Languages committee  Good morning, everyone. I represent the Société Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard, the organism that is the mouthpiece of Acadians and Francophones in the province. I apologize on behalf of our new president, Mr. Edmond Richard. He wanted to be here today, but had to go to Quebec City for the launch of the new policy.