Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for being here, Commissioner.
One of the statements from the document Protecting Language Rights: Overview of the Commissioner's Interventions in the Courts 2006-2016 is:
It is therefore perfectly understandable for any individuals or groups who feel that their language rights have not been upheld to turn to the courts for redress. What is not so easy to understand, however, is the number of cases relating to language rights that are still being filed nearly 35 years after adoption of the Charter, and almost 30 years after adoption of the 1988 Act.
I am a Franco-Ontarian, and I was able to get my education in French at the primary, secondary and university levels thanks to the court challenges program, which existed at the time.
Do you think that a reinstatement of the court challenges program would be relevant today?