Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
To follow up on the question Ms. Boucher put to you earlier, I will say that given your answer, I'm very pleased to note that the people before us today are all people who not only have given some thought to the rights of both francophones and anglophones in Quebec, but who have also worked in the field. You certainly have a great deal of field experience and that is your main strength and certainly part of our overall experience.
I'd also like to add for the record that Mr. Doucet said that the program had not really been used in Quebec. Of course, in Quebec, there is talk of the rights of the anglophone minority. However, as was pointed out to us last week, the Court Challenges Program had provided a great deal of assistance in a very important case in Quebec, that of the Canada clause, which allowed children whose parents had studied in English in Canada elsewhere than Quebec to attend an English school. So there is clearly a linkage between the rights of one group and the rights of another, since these are minorities.
I have a first question, but I would like you to answer it very quickly. I really want to follow up on Mr. Nadeau's comments. First of all, have you been in contact with the minister responsible, Ms. Verner, or with the department regarding the cancellation of the Court Challenges Program? I'd like you to answer yes or no.