Official Languages committee  Mr. Godin, the plan prepared by former Minister Dryden was major. When it disappeared, it was a big disappointment, because what was laid out in that plan was very beneficial to small communities like our own. It's up to politicians to decide whether it would be better than givin

Official Languages committee  There was no battle. In 1988, the new Yukon Languages Act was passed. Starting in 1984, with the new Constitution, a lot of pressure was applied in the territories. In 1988, the Yukon Languages Act was passed. Immediately afterwards, in 1990, the government passed a new Educatio

Official Languages committee  That's correct. It's important to understand that there are not many of us in the Yukon. So, that means there are not many children who are rights holders either. You may recall the Mahé Decision in 1990. In that case, there were 350 children in Edmonton and the Supreme Court ru

Official Languages committee  Is it all right if I answer? We are asking to acquire the land because the lot on which the school is built belongs to the Ministry of Education. We built the day care centre, which is an independent non-profit organization, on the school lot. As a result, the lot does not belon

Official Languages committee  We are expecting to know the results between the end of April and early August. Obviously, one never knows when a judge will be ready to hand down his ruling. It's a very large proceeding; the trial lasted eight weeks and there were 540 pieces of evidence filed.

Official Languages committee  Yes, the Yukon Supreme Court.

Official Languages committee  It could end up in the Appeal Court.

Official Languages committee  The Yukon Court of Appeal is the Court of British Columbia. Supposing we have a result--

Official Languages committee  Supposing that Justice Ouellette hands down his ruling in June. At that point, one or the other party has one month to appeal. At the British Columbia Court of Appeal, we can expect that it will be eight or nine months before the case is heard. At that point, the case will be hea

Official Languages committee  No, you are not. For the time being, the case is before the court. That seems to be the approach the Yukon government is taking: it waits until the court forces it to do something. So, this could take up to three or four years.

Official Languages committee  Well, as best we can.

Official Languages committee  We will continue to do something that we do very well: we will try to reinvent ourselves from the inside and put our available space to the best possible use. We are already trying out a new program which uses outside space. We live in the Yukon, so we are going to try to get our

Official Languages committee  We have the only evidence we could possibly have. Because the Yukon is a very small territory and Francophones represent a minority in the territory, the figures we receive from Statistics Canada are always very imprecise. There is no way of knowing whether they have reached ever

Official Languages committee  Yes, that's correct.

Official Languages committee  Yes.