Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank the two researchers very much for their testimony today. They've done some research with respect to the Constitution and provincial responsibilities.
On the one hand, we fully agree on the education continuum, early childhood, school boards and post-secondary education. Clearly, there are major gaps in that regard. We've heard that loud and clear throughout our study, and beforehand. I come from northern Ontario, where the challenges are huge, obviously. We're frustrated.
Ms. Chouinard, we're talking about certain elements. The federal government in power right now is the one that has probably imposed the most conditions in some of the agreements, something that had never been done before. However, these measures aren't enough.
You know that we have the court challenges program. The Bloc Québécois and the Conservatives were against this program, by the way. This was debated at the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage when I was a member. This matter is currently stalled in the House of Commons. We put that in the Official Languages Act.
Should francophone community groups across the country use this program to defend themselves against the provinces, to ensure that there are penalties and that funding is provided by the provinces for early childhood, secondary and post-secondary education?