Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
The Court Challenges Program, which has been discussed by this committee, is not mentioned at all in Mr. Lord's report. Earlier, Mr. D'Amours talked about the Northwest Territories and Saskatchewan, but the fact remains that most of the provinces with French-speaking minorities have had to use the program because their governments did not comply with the Canadian Constitution and the federal government completely closed it eyes to the situation. So people had to go to the courts, and even go back to the courts in some cases. I'm thinking of Saskatchewan, for example, where it was necessary to go back to the courts twice in the case of the same judgment because the government was not taking any action.
Can you give us some examples of situations in which the Court Challenges Program would still be useful today? I am thinking of the cases involving Justin Bell or Martin Rousseau. They were stopped by the RCMP, requested service in French, and were rebuffed in no uncertain terms. Could you give us some examples that show how essential the Court Challenges Program is and illustrate that the government should listen and reinstate it immediately?