Official Languages committee  I am going to respond as follows. Personally, I would not consider it a problem if the Official Languages Act applied to all organizations.

Official Languages committee  I unfortunately cannot answer that question.

Official Languages committee  The reason is simple: I have come to know the language rights field because I have been obliged to do so to defend my rights. I have not examined Bill 101 and therefore am not an expert on it.

Official Languages committee  No, I have no examples to give you.

Official Languages committee  On the other hand, I am not saying this would be new. The penalty of statutory damages has been around since the Official Languages Act has been in force. I believe it was assented to in 1988.

Official Languages committee  The difference is that you have to go before the court and the court will order statutory damages. I propose to make that simpler. I am not asking whether damages should be imposed. They already exist.

Official Languages committee  The court has previously determined that a violation of language rights is worth a fine of $1,500. There has been no change to that. I am merely asking that there be a simpler process for people. This is not something new. It already exists.

Official Languages committee  The three most important judgments are the ones you have before you, of which I gave you copies. The Federal Court judgment was in 2011. These are the most important and most recent judgments, but there were previously others.

Official Languages committee  It must take about 10 hours based my most recent complaints.

Official Languages committee  Yes, more or less 10 hours.

Official Languages committee  Oh, oh! I wish him good luck! Let me tell you what will happen.

Official Languages committee  I think that, if the remedy granted is $1,500, and if you have to go through the entire court process, hire a lawyer, and carry on with the rest, not many people would do it. However, I hope that, if there were an easier mechanism, people would use it. I made a considerable effo

Official Languages committee  I devoted hundreds of hours to this matter. If someone had told me I would ultimately be awarded $1,500, I would have told him to go take a hike and would have been unable to continue. Now it is easier because I only need to use my telephone. I already have the necessary forms an

Official Languages committee  I think that would make for a good debate. We could review the system in five years. Whatever the case may be, it is better than the amount currently offered. Today people do not know whether they are going to be paid $100, $200 or $500. As I told Mr. Généreux, in an airport wher

Official Languages committee  To answer your question off the top of my head, I would say I would proceed in stages. One of the Commissioner's recommendations is to verify or review the situation every 5 or 10 years to see how it is evolving. As committee members, as elected MPs, and as the government, you c