Yes, they want to keep their French, but there are challenges. In light of the testimony of members of our community and territorial and federal government employees, the judge realized that there were infringements to our dignity and our sense of identity. And that's why the judge handed down a decision saying that there had been discrimination. These things are also important in keeping one's identity. We can't keep getting hit on the head. Exceptional measures need to be taken to retain who we are when we're being constantly assaulted. We need adequate schools able to really provide equivalent services to what anglophones have. We don't have that either, but we continue to work and we are seeing some success.
On April 1st, 2008. See this statement in context.