As regards jurists, I'd like to provide some supplementary information. In the east, they were invited, but they didn't appear. The jurists were there in Vancouver.
In addition, the federation's national office is in Winnipeg, and we knew we'd have the opportunity to meet you here. So I don't think jurists have forgotten. They're aware of our work.
Earlier you talked about the RCMP. In the 2003 action plan—I said this a number of times in committee in Ottawa—there's $750,000 to be invested in aid for the communities. However, every time Francophones outside Quebec appear in court to assert their rights, the government appeals. The government agreed to pass Bill S-3, which, in particular, amended section 41 of Part VII of the Official Languages Act. It provides all these tools, but, if a citizen uses them and wins, the government appeals the case. Don't you think that happens too often?
That's what happened in Quebec in the case of the food inspectors, who the government wanted to transfer from Shippagan to Dieppe, and in the case of the RCMP, where it was prepared to go to the Supreme Court to challenge the fact that it was a federal responsibility. Can the RCMP conceivably not be a federal responsibility? I'm also thinking of the electoral boundaries of the riding of Acadie—Bathurst, where the government wanted to take part of Allardville and attach it to the riding of Miramichi. Once again, there was a challenge, but we convinced them not to challenge the issue because it was shortly before the election.
There have been challenges in all areas. I'd like to have your opinion on that subject.