Mr. Chair, Montreal is a part of Canada, which is a bilingual country. People have the right to choose the language of proceedings before legal tribunals. In the case we are discussing, Mr. Bolanos Blanco chose English as the language in the proceedings he brought before the IRB. It was his choice, not the IRB's choice, nor Canada Border Services Agency's. It was the client's choice, the refugee claimant's. He made his choice, he was served in the language of his choice and then he changed his mind, he changed the language and all the documents that were provided after that were in French. Consequently, according to the IRB and the Federal Court, the entire procedure was carried out legally and in compliance with the Official Languages Act.
I agree with the Federal Court and the IRB, and I am sorry that you do not.