We started to bark, to use your expression, two years before we decided to go before the courts. We filed over 100 complaints with the language commissioner of the Northwest Territories before we started legal proceedings. At the time the community decided that it was essential that we proceed in this manner.
The community expressed its views through the democratic means that it had at its disposal. It still does so today because as a last resort, the issue had to be settled before the courts. The community therefore undertook proceedings in 1999 and in early 2000. This process is still under way. We've gone before the Supreme Court. We spent nine weeks in front of judges, we put forward our case, that we had prepared adequately, and we explained what did happen. We did demonstrate.
We did bark a bit, and we're not quite finished. The appeal procedure will take place in May.