Thank you.
The reason for this change is that, again, we heard from witnesses who said that this program is most appropriately used for federal cases. Unfortunately, it was created by Pierre Elliott Trudeau—Trudeau senior—as a back-door way to go after the Province of Quebec and attack some provincial legislation that they were putting through. He didn't want to do it himself. He didn't want the federal government's handprints to be on the challenge, and so instead he created this program in order to fund third parties that could take on the Province of Quebec and, therefore, attack that province. Similarly, it has been used over the years in this way, which is inappropriate.
This subamendment that I'm offering will prevent the court challenges program from being used to go after provinces and instead will have to stay within federal jurisdiction, which, of course, is most appropriate, given that we are talking about a federally funded program and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.