Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to all the witnesses for being here.
Ms. Daoust and Mr. Fortin, I want to tell you from the outset that I'm sorry for everything that has happened to you. I think you've been treated absolutely unfairly by the Department of Canadian Heritage and by the federal government. My apology will serve no purpose because I wasn't involved in the decision, but I frankly have to say I find it appalling on the part of a great country and an advanced democracy such as Canada
Mr. Le Moine, I'm going to ask you a question. If we were on Tout le monde en parle, this would probably be the killer question. Mr. Desilets started talking about it, but I'm going to go a little further and use stronger language: you said that the ministers didn't have the authority to override the jury's decision. And yet they did.
Is that an illegal act?