It has had an enormous effect. I think it is at the very core of the issue and of our interventions.
When I was director general, I tried to prove to the government—the Ontario government, in this case—that we needed schools in certain places. I was then asked a very legitimate question; I was asked for the data proving that schools were needed in certain locations. I could not justify my demands with figures, because I did not have all of the data in this regard. Imagine how far behind we fell during all of this time.
Mr. Rodrigue Landry, an eminent New Brunswick researcher, told us that we have been identifying one true rights holder out of two. When I say “true”, I mean a rights holder who was counted. That rights holder chose a French-language school or another school, but be that as it may, we only counted one out of two.
If we could have the real data, we could easily prove that there are at least twice as many rights holders as those who have been recorded. Otherwise, without the data, there is no way we can prove that.