Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I'd like to congratulate you, Ms. Verner, for having admitted that the former government didn't do a good job. That's why a number of reports have been released. You were right to say what you said, because we have been fighting for official languages for years.
However, I can't congratulate you for the fact that your government axed the Court Challenges Program, which gave minorities an opportunity to defend themselves. Instead, the government's attitude has been to say that it doesn't see why it would give money to people who would use this money to fight the government.
I've already said in the House of Commons that the government shouldn't use taxpayers' money to appeal any ruling in favour of an everyday Canadian. Why would you use taxpayers' money to appeal decisions in favour of Canadians?
Over the course of our national tour, we consulted people from all regions about the program. We weren't there to hear people's complaints, but rather to consult them. Everybody agreed that scrapping the Court Challenges Program hurt bilingualism in Canada.
You say that the transformation model will provide results. What mechanism has been established to measure these results? You've given yourselves up until 2011. Mr. Milot said that you'd have a model by the end of 2007, but that it was already producing results. What mechanisms do you currently have in place producing these results?