These are definitely cuts that had an impact on official language minority communities. For example, some organizations have responsibilities with respect to the status of women. The Court Challenges Program was used frequently. In Ontario, the program was used to oppose the provincial government, and to move a number of our causes forward, whether they had to do with French-language school boards, French-language schools, or Montfort Hospital. The fifth anniversary of the Montfort Hospital was just celebrated last week in Hearst.
On December 12th, 2006. See this statement in context.