Yes, thank you Ms. Ashton.
I'd like to draw the committee's attention to the recent Federal Court of Appeal decision, of which you may already be aware. It's about a rather different matter, having to do with the federal government transferring the management of employment assistance programs.The same approach could be applied to day care centres.
When intergovernmental agreements between the federal government and the provinces are being signed, they could include much firmer obligations pertaining to the promotion of French in other provinces. However, the federal government should not be required to promote English or oblige Quebec to promote it in the province. The important thing here is the asymmetry of bilingualism.