The democratic process depends on access to information. If we do not have the most complete and objective information possible, we cannot make an informed decision. Access to information is fundamental to the democratic process.
For the people in Quebec who are watching, I want to say that the court challenges program was implemented in 1978, right after the adoption of the Charter of the French Language. Many people believe that the federal government did that to give itself legal means with pressure groups, for example.
People forget that Quebec is a minority in Canada. We are having a program imposed on us that subsidizes groups that, along with the federal government, challenge Quebec's democratic choices. In that way, the federal government has managed to weaken just about every provision of Bill 101. The result is a growing decline of French in Quebec. We need to stop that decline, otherwise the future of the French fact, both within and outside Quebec, will be in jeopardy.
I think a minimum amount of transparency is a fundamental requirement.