Mr. Chair, may I answer briefly?
The Mike Harris government never thought they were acting illegally or unconstitutionally. In fact, if you look at all the legislation that has been set aside as a result of the court challenges program, never was there a government that purposely set out to violate linguistic rights. None of them did. They all felt that what they were doing was legal--but it wasn't, and it was up to the courts to make that determination.