Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank the minister for being here this morning.
You are different from your predecessor who did not want to appear before this committee. The issues affecting Canada's minorities are hugely important. And that's why I was disappointed to hear that this appearance would only last an hour. We weren't given any forewarning of this.
I would suggest that the minister be invited to come back.
As far as the court challenges are concerned, the folks from the Association canadienne-française de l’Alberta asked to be present in court, but this request was denied. You're saying that there are no new participants. I don't know their names—and perhaps you can check this with your experts or researchers—but there are groups which were accepted at a later stage. Let's take the FCFA, for example. As part of the agreement on the new court challenges, I mean the new program, when a case ends, others could be added on. We didn't get the sense that we had to stick 100% to what was there, that half a court would be appointed rather than a complete court.