Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
When the motion was put forward from the government to expand the list of people to hear from, I supported it. I believe it is worthwhile to listen to people who have different points of view. Because of that and similar things I've heard today and last Wednesday, I've given you notice, Mr. Chairman, that it would be very important for us to also hear from the court challenges program representatives themselves.
There have been many things said here today, questions asked, and some innuendo put on the table, so I'd like to hear from them. I'm giving notice that the motion is there so people are aware of it. If we're going to look into it, as we have with the presentations today, we should be willing to hear from them as well.
I am going to be talking about language rights. Mr. Angus raised the issue earlier, but I didn't hear the panellists' comments.
I am part of a linguistic minority in this country: I am a francophone who lives in Ontario. That has nothing to do with the Government of Canada or the fact that I am a member of Parliament. The Constitution recognizes linguistic rights, the right to education in one's mother tongue throughout the country, when numbers warrant, although it has happened that this right does not exist even where numbers do warrant, if we refer to section 133 of the Constitution Act.
Does your argument about equality also apply to the linguistic rights of the official language minorities in this country?