I would like to point something out. I also see that you need tools to ensure that the government understands certain things. Indeed, the Canadian government does not respect its own Constitution and does not support you as it should. I was talking to some Conservative colleagues before the holidays, and some of them were confusing the Court Challenges Program and legal aid.
I spoke to Mr. Rioux, the president of the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada. I told him that we needed to educate government members and teach them the difference between these two programs. The Court Challenges Program is not used only by crooks in prison. The disabled have used it as well, and it enabled them to get changes making it possible for them to enter buildings, for instance, or move about. Had this program not existed, we might still be in the stone age as far as that is concerned. This is important.
In addition, we need to be very persuasive. As you know, the current Conservative government includes in its ranks ministers such as Mr. Baird, Mr. Flaherty and Mr. Clement who were part of the Harris government. They are the ones who wanted to shut down the Montfort Hospital. That was an incredible fight. Gisèle Lalonde and company, as well as the Franco-Ontarians, had to stand up and keep standing. They had to draw upon the assistance of the entire North American francophonie in order to show this government—after four years—that it didn't even recognize the Canadian Constitution by disrespecting these rights. Perhaps you do not have enough critical mass, but you are citizens of a country that is supposed to help you in that area. You have our support, at least.
I would like to know something. Anyone can answer, be it Mr. Provencher, Ms. St-Laurent, Mr. Hubert or another colleague, Mr. Lavoie or Mr. Jean de Dieu. When you talked about community development, you talked about the relationship between the family, school and community. I would like to know if something is missing from the picture. Communities are very broad things, but we still have the base forming this community: the family, the opportunity to speak French, the use of French as the language spoken at home, the ability to do business in French, securing schools right up to the secondary and post-secondary level, as well as scholarships. Where are we as far as that is concerned? What aspects are still missing?