Official Languages committee  I don't see the relevance of any of these questions, but I'll answer them. We have a small U.S. board and a shrinking Canadian board.

Official Languages committee  That's not accurate. The Canadian board is more than four people. I was just on the phone with them recently, and there are way more than four people.

Official Languages committee  It's out of date, I think.

Official Languages committee  But you asked me a question; may I be permitted the courtesy of a response?

Official Languages committee  I'd like to suggest that what we need to do in Canada is pull the lens back and look at the problems we're causing by constant recourse to litigation. As I said, it's been recognized by some of our leading philosophers and theorists that litigation is not the way to form a cultur

Official Languages committee  Thanks very much. I'd like to thank the committee for inviting me to share these observations on the important subject of the court challenges program. I want to talk about principles that need to be brought to bear on any program of governmental support for constitutional devel

Official Languages committee  Yes, I'm here.

Official Languages committee  Oui, Toulouse.

Official Languages committee  Yes, I can hear you.

Justice committee  As I said earlier, my comments were primarily directed to the Court Challenges Program. With respect to the Law Commission, the report of theirs that I know very well was the one with respect to close personal relationships, looking at the marriage question. I thought that repor

Justice committee  Thank you very much for inviting me here. I'm representing the Centre for Cultural Renewal, which has been going in Canada now for about 15 years. It's an independent think tank and involves a wide variety of people with a small staff. We do a lot of work in the area of pluralism