Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Welcome to our committee. I am very pleased to be meeting with you as part of this tour. I have visited communities from Newfoundland and Labrador to Vancouver. It's interesting to see what is going on in the communities and I want to commend you on all the work you are doing, because it isn't easy.
Francophones have been in Canada for more than 400 years, but they are still fighting like the devil. Even back home in New Brunswick, we are still fighting for schools. And yet New Brunswick is the only officially bilingual province in Canada. Despite that, we still have to fight for schools because the government wants closures and cutbacks. It's not easy.
You said a little earlier that the school board agreed back in 1995. Did you have to go to court to have your rights recognized in 1995?