Official Languages committee  My answer remains the same.

Official Languages committee  Yes or no? Yes.

Official Languages committee  Yes, there is a class of children who have this right thanks to Supreme Court rulings.

Official Languages committee  If I may, I don't think there's any disagreement that on the linguistic side this program should be put back in place. What we're saying is to do the right thing in a Canada that has evolved and changed is to reinstate the program the way it has been put in place, the way it has

Official Languages committee  When we appeared in December, we made a statement that consultation must take place before decisions are taken. We have never been contacted or asked or consulted on the issues before us. As I mentioned in my remarks, we are the forgotten minority in this country, and we find it

Official Languages committee  Mr. Chair, members of the standing committee, I would like to introduce myself. I'm Marcus Tabachnick, president of the Quebec English School Boards Association. With me today is David Birnbaum, the director general of the Quebec English School Boards Association. Our associatio

Canadian Heritage committee  We all would have appreciated if that had been the process from the beginning--put the hypothesis in front of us and give us a chance to respond--rather than fighting from the other side.

Canadian Heritage committee  We're an association that defends that right, but we don't have the means to fight, in front of the highest court of the land, to get a definitive final decision on the applicability of any particular law.

Canadian Heritage committee  And it's happened.

Canadian Heritage committee  That is the answer.

Canadian Heritage committee  I would agree with your statement. I don't know how many of you have ever tried to close a school in somebody's neighbourhood. I can tell you that I have lots of experience in doing that. Parents and communities will do a tremendous amount to try to save their schools. They ha

Canadian Heritage committee  I would agree with what Mr. Caza has said. I think it's not so much what we'll do. We're going to keep moving forward. Every association will. Every community will do what it can to protect its future. But I think it's the message that comes out of this, and the message to minori

Canadian Heritage committee  No, what we were looking for was the lawyer who was best able to represent us, and that's the only criterion by which we judged.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, and good afternoon. I'm Marcus Tabachnick, president of the Quebec English School Boards Association. I'm accompanied by David Birnbaum, who is our executive director. Mr. Chairman, members of the standing committee, the Quebec English School Boards Association thank