No. I would like to make some clarifications.
In my presentation, I wanted to say that certain rights were different from others. Minority language rights go back to the Quebec Act of 1774. It would be different if we were to put these rights on a equal footing with the Charter Rights, which include, among other things, the right to equality, and to say that this protection should not be given. Moreover, the Official Languages Act includes a positive obligation, which differentiates it from other programs in various fields that are not necessarily defended by the government in the same way.
This is why I'm saying there's a difference between the two. I respect what they are saying. Remember, though, that whenever a program is cut, people who are affected by it will obviously be upset. This is natural. This is the dilemma governments face every day as to how to deal with this and balance interest.
What I'm saying here is that if there's a legal duty on the Government of Canada to preserve this particular program to abide by the law, then that is what this committee should be looking at. That is the narrow scope of the issue, not whether equality rights should be protected or other things. This is a committee for official languages, if I'm not mistaken. With all due respect, that's your mandate.