In the case of the language rights support program, which has taken a page from their old program, it has to be a constitutional right listed in the contribution agreement that we have with the program. In the case of languages it's your constitutional right to education; the right that flows from the provision of services in French and English from federal institutions; and section 2 of the charter, which is the freedom of expression if it has a language aspect. Mr. Housefather was talking about the Ford case, which was against Bill 101 in Quebec. A provincial law cannot be attacked by the program, but because those elements of Bill 101 were talking about freedom of expression, which is guaranteed under the charter, it became something the program could help with.
The first test is the list of charter rights that are recognized and for which the program can be applied.
The second test, in the case of the language rights support program, is that a panel of experts will decide whether this case you're bringing forward is a test case and is the best case they should fund with the money they have available. With a cap of $125,000 per case, and roughly $700,000 put towards litigation per year, you can see they have to make some choices. The program is there to fund the best cases possible and not to fund them all.