Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I come from New Brunswick. We have a very strong Acadian community, which has a great deal of vitality. We're discussing the vitality of the official language minority communities, and we've seen a lot of situations this week. That impresses me a great deal, because this is the first time I've visited the Francophone communities in the west.
This afternoon, we visited a bilingual service centre for the three levels of government. We don't have that in New Brunswick. I tip my hat to this community. I also have to hail Mr. Simard's work. It's outstanding.
Everything's working well here in Winnipeg, but sometimes there are deficiencies or problems at the various levels of government—the federal, provincial and municipal governments—and at the various agencies and commissions, and we therefore need tools. The Court Challenges Program was one of the very important tools.
After Christmas, another committee of which I am a member, the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, will be meeting. Mr. Vic Toews will be there to explain why that program has been cancelled. You've previously said that you were opposed to that decision. That's obvious from the evidence we've heard during this trip. I imagine Mr. Toews will have something positive to say on how things will turn out. Do you have any solutions or suggestions to offer him? Do you have any to offer us to help the cause of the Francophone minority communities? That could be a lot more powers for Mr. Fraser, another mediation office, perhaps an awareness program for the levels of government. I don't exactly know. In one sense, there are no limits. Do you have any suggestions to make?