Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My first question is for Ian Brodie.
First of all, I would like to thank him for all his years of service in the last Conservative government. A top-level adviser, Mr. Brodie counselled the former prime minister and many ministers in a government that left Canada in very good condition in 2015. As we all know, it's a different story today.
I sincerely want to thank you, Mr. Brodie.
That being said, today the National Assembly of Quebec passed Bill 52, which preserves the use of the override provision to protect the Act respecting the laicity of the State, Bill 21, from court challenges. Four Quebec associations have now indicated their intent to challenge the bill in the Supreme Court. I believe those four associations are eligible for the court challenges program.
Do you think it's fair to allow federal government money to fund challenges to both a bill passed by a majority in the National Assembly of Quebec and a provincial statute of Quebec?