Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I don't have much time, but I have enough to make sure the facts are well noted. My sincere thanks to our guests for suggesting that the court challenges program be directly entrenched in the act because that's in fact what has to be done. Why? I'll tell you why.
Pierre Elliott Trudeau created the program in 1978, and the Conservatives cancelled it when they subsequently took power. In 1992, the Liberals returned to power and restored the program. Mr. Harper's Conservatives were elected in 2006 and cancelled it again. Every chance they get, the Conservatives cancel the court challenges program and the Liberals restore it. That will stop because we're going to include it in the act. Then the Conservatives won't be able to cancel this program for Canada's minorities.
I'd also like to go back to the two provincial programs you mentioned. I don't think they're paid for by the province. I think they involve federal government money. We should verify that. For Nova Scotia's programs, federal money is paid to the Department of Education and then spent. We should verify what happens with the programs you mentioned because I'm not sure exactly where the money comes from.
I'm going to use my remaining time to ask you one important question. I'd like to know your opinion on divorce in French. Shouldn't we be able to divorce in French? Tell me a little about that.