Thank you.
I have to say that I don't think that letter is relevant whatsoever. The suggestion that people can go to pro bono law students for help is to me an absurd suggestion.
I don't think it actually is contradictory to what Mr. Bélanger said. Mr. Bélanger said, if I can recall correctly, that his conclusion out of Mr. Quigley case was that it did prove a need. The fact that Mr. Quigley doesn't feel a need to have gone to the court challenges program, and that he could have done it on his own, seems to me to prove that the system does work. Mr. Quigley certainly seems to have found other avenues to run his case, and that's what he's offering.
However, the bigger issue goes to the testimony we heard, and that's the relevant part of what we are discussing. In particular, we had the cases for the francophone language rights outside of Quebec, which have had to be proven in court because the provinces would not accept those rights. The other fundamental issue is the issue of deaf rights, because the governments continue to fight against these rights even when they are proved in court.
That's why we have the court challenges program. You have to take these rights to court because government refuses to enact some of these rights.
I feel we've been over this issue many times. We've heard all the possible arguments. I'm ready to vote on this motion. I think it's a very strong motion.