Thank you, Mr. Murphy. It is a pleasure to see you here. We have worked well on a number of issues together, and I'm eager to go back to the city of my birth, which is in your riding. The building of our house will be starting very soon, and it will be a pleasure to move in and get to work.
As i said earlier, during the main hearings—here, I will not be talking about the additional hearings that I held on a case-by-case basis—the issue of the Court Challenges Program or a similar mechanism was indeed raised at each hearing. I have already said so.
Mr. Desjardins mentions promises, but I made no promises. What I did do is make a commitment to fulfil my terms of reference. I said that I would be making recommendations. When I realized that a case pertaining to this issue in particular was before the courts—and the government's position on it is clear—I decided to mention it on page 20 of the French version of the report. This is probably equivalent to page 19 in the English version. I chose to make no recommendations on the issue.