Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank the witnesses for being here this morning.
First, I'd like to congratulate you for all the work you've done in the past few weeks. It's quite spectacular!
I have a more fundamental question. Do you perceive the attack—a generalized impression and I agree with this term—by the Ontario government on the province's francophone community as an attack on the very essence of the Francophonie, francophones or the francophone community, and not simply as a budgetary issue? I have heard several comments of all kinds on this subject and I would like to hear your interpretation of what happened.