Official Languages committee  It applies to all of these minorities.

Official Languages committee  To my knowledge, the Court Challenges Program was the only one that could help us with the kind of cases that we had. Regarding the office of the commissioner, according to our information, although we can file complaints, we have no access to funding from the office to pay for l

Official Languages committee  We would manage the financial side at all.

Official Languages committee  In our opinion, the repercussions of the elimination of the Court Challenges Program are extremely worrying, I would even say alarming, as regards helping francophone communities advance their rights. We clearly need tangible support from the various levels of government for acti

Official Languages committee  Thank you. At the summit, some of the 750 participants there were people who did not belong to organizations. Quite a few people were participating on an individual basis. The progress made by the francophone world in recent years have helped francophone communities to flourish

Official Languages committee  Since 2005, it is been very difficult to make out what positive measures have been implemented following the amendment to the act. It is clear that the abolition of the Court Challenges Program leads us directly to the issue of true equality, which is been far from being attained

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  We believe that the program in its entirety should be reinstated.

Official Languages committee  The federation's work consists in supporting the provincial, territorial and national organizations. These organizations function independently. The FCFA supports their work in the areas of communications, preparing briefs and doing research on their various files. The federati

Official Languages committee  We have nine national organizations and one representative organization in all the provinces and territories.

Official Languages committee  Yes. Quebec is not at the table.

Official Languages committee  It is a federation, yes.

Official Languages committee  Thank you.

Official Languages committee  Thank you. The term "abandonment" is exactly the right term. Canada's linguistic duality is a source of immeasurable richness for the country, and to enjoy it to the full, a minority needs access to the same means of recourse that the majority has. The support of the Court Chall

Official Languages committee  Thank you. Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, members of the committee, you invited us to appear this morning and set out our views on the repercussions of abolishing the Court Challenges Program. The FCFA would like to thank you for giving us this time. My name is Lise Routhi