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Official Languages committee I suppose that Mr. Toews was alluding to criminal law because the freedom of individuals was at issue and this is a very significant matter.
June 14th, 2007Committee meeting
Tasha Kheiriddin
Official Languages committee No. I would like to make some clarifications. In my presentation, I wanted to say that certain rights were different from others. Minority language rights go back to the Quebec Act of 1774. It would be different if we were to put these rights on a equal footing with the Charter
June 14th, 2007Committee meeting
Tasha Kheiriddin
Official Languages committee If, legally speaking, there has to be such a program in order for the government to comply with the law, I am not against the idea. As I said, it is incumbent upon this committee to determine whether that is the case and, if so, to make the necessary recommendation. It is not abo
June 14th, 2007Committee meeting
Tasha Kheiriddin
Official Languages committee It is the government and not me who will decide on this matter. The government is sovereign and determines which programs it will establish in order to exercise its rights fully. It is important to remember that this is up to the discretion of the government. Parliament is always
June 14th, 2007Committee meeting
Tasha Kheiriddin
June 14th, 2007Committee meeting
Tasha Kheiriddin
June 14th, 2007Committee meeting
Tasha Kheiriddin
Official Languages committee This was exactly the problem with the program, and Mr. Benson also discussed it. Groups such as Kids First, other family-oriented groups, REAL Women, and the Nisga'a elders in British Columbia were specifically denied funding. They were told they were not going to get the money.
June 14th, 2007Committee meeting
Tasha Kheiriddin
Official Languages committee I think that the frames of the charter do not put sexual orientation into the charter. I think that under the term “sex” it would have been possible to include sexual orientation without necessarily invoking the reading-in doctrine. Using the reading-in doctrine makes the legisla
June 14th, 2007Committee meeting
Tasha Kheiriddin
Official Languages committee I don't think the cut was ideological in nature. I think the program actually was ideological in nature from its inception--not the official languages part, in 1978, that was different; I wouldn't qualify that as ideological. But on the cut to the whole program, the program had
June 14th, 2007Committee meeting
Tasha Kheiriddin
Official Languages committee No, I'm saying that it actually levels the playing field between groups. There has been 25 years of this; we don't need it any more.
June 14th, 2007Committee meeting
Tasha Kheiriddin
Official Languages committee Well, there are examples of that, if you'll permit me. The program was spending $1,421 per application on public awareness instead of actually on the program itself.
June 14th, 2007Committee meeting
Tasha Kheiriddin
Official Languages committee I agree that a constitution such as ours is a living tree, but that does not make it incumbent on a government to fund every single program under the sun. They can choose. Parliament is still sovereign in terms of the programs they fund to pursue certain goals.
June 14th, 2007Committee meeting
Tasha Kheiriddin
Official Languages committee I am familiar with the reference, but not the fine detail of it.
June 14th, 2007Committee meeting
Tasha Kheiriddin
Official Languages committee If I could just comment there, I think that is exactly the problem. This committee is here to discuss official languages and the respect for official languages. In answer to your question, Ms. Savoie, if you want to convince the government to protect linguistic minorities, you
June 14th, 2007Committee meeting
Tasha Kheiriddin
Official Languages committee Yes, your question is—
June 14th, 2007Committee meeting
Tasha Kheiriddin