I would reiterate what we heard from Professor Léger, who testified before us. Substantive equality is equality of outcomes, not equality of treatment. To achieve substantive equality, some communities, particularly francophone minority communities, will require different treatment that meets their own needs. The act already mentions that. To achieve substantive equality, we'll have to take into account the specific needs of all the different communities and their diverse character. That's already in the act.
To do that—and this ties in to what Mr. Rémillard was saying—we need to establish performance indicators to assess the specific needs of each community. The Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne suggests evaluating the vitality of institutions, the use of French and the visibility of French, among other recommendations. That's all in the work done by Ms. Cardinal, which Ms. Henrie‑Cadieux mentioned earlier.
