That is in fact what happened after the 1995 budget cutbacks. We were not exempted from them. I say "we", but I was not in this position at the time. The office was subject to this decision made by the government. My predecessor, Dyane Adam, tried very hard to persuade the government that one of the effects of these cutbacks would be felt in minority communities in the area of official languages and in all other aspects having to do with official languages.
In addition, the Office of the Commissioner had very little manoeuvring room. Ms. Adam made her case very strongly to the government and as a result, it introduced the Action Plan for Official Languages in 2003. The Office of the Commissioner also received some funding, mainly for research purposes. After 1995, we had to stop doing our audits, and we did feel that consequences of that. As a result of her tremendous efforts, Ms. Adam managed to convince the government of the importance of the audits in light of the 2003 action plan.