Things would certainly be much easier if there were more harmony between the federal government's words and its deeds. One day, we hear a fine-sounding speech, and the next day they cut the Court Challenges Program. This was not a very expensive program, just a few million dollars. But we were very proud of it. The UN actually congratulated us on this program, which it saw as a wonderful way of achieving social justice. This amazing little program allowed us and other citizens to seek redress before the courts when the system let them down. It's the only tool we ever found for making some headway.
On April 1st, 2008. See this statement in context.