If the agreements went through the provinces, the provincial government would become responsible to the public. We have worked, with regard to the Mercure case, to ensure that our province is bilingual. Approximately two months later, after the Supreme Court handed down its decision, the government ensured that the province was unilingual. We have been fighting this government since 1988 to obtain services and the means to live in French. We mustn't forget that the majority of services are not being provided by the federal government but rather by the provinces, be it in health care or in another area. If we don't take those steps with the province, it won't develop a culture of responsibility to linguistic duality. That is the federal government's responsibility.
On April 1st, 2008. See this statement in context.