If the Member is referring to judicial decisions, meaning have we had any court rulings about the Official Languages Act, no we haven't. We hope that we would never have to go to court to get a court ruling or a judicial decision. I have made a number of decisions myself in a quasi judicial capacity where I have felt there were certain obligations of GNWT or programs and services that were not adequate. Those have all been brought to the attention of departments.
You can see in the complaints and inquiries chapter, chapter five, all of the things that were brought to the attention of government departments. Some of them were resolved very quickly with the department as soon as we brought it to their attention. Others we had to spend a few months working on and in one case, over a year, in doing legal research to find out whether or not there was a violation of the Official Languages Act or any other act or regulation related to the status and use of official languages. Where we think there is any breach or action that doesn't meet the spirit and intent of the act, which is to preserve, promote, develop and enhance all of these languages, then we point it out to government departments. So I have made quasi judicial decisions in all of those cases to bring them to the attention of the department, so the department can take some action to resolve them. I think we have had good cooperation from a lot of the departments, from every department actually. Because our office was involved in quite a few cases, we managed to find a solution.
There are a few issues, maybe three or four, that are more serious that we are looking at where there may be a violation of the act or some other act or regulation. We don't jump to that conclusion hastily. All of those have been documented. They have all been addressed to the territorial government. So those are the kind of things that if, with my legal counsel and after a lot of research, we decided there is a breach of the act, we would bring it to the attention of the government right away.
There was one case where we did this year. That issue is still outstanding. It is back in my ball park now and I have to decide what I should do about it. As far as judicial decisions, in my capacity, I make a decision quite often with legal counsel. Is this a violation of the act or of any other act or regulation relating to the status and use of official languages? Quite often we find that it's not, per se, a violation but it's not really in keeping with the spirit and intent. Then we'll encourage the department to do something to deal with the situation. Those are the kinds of decisions that I've made in my capacity. I would decide, if someone brings a complaint to me, whether to proceed or whether I should investigate at all. Those are the kinds of decisions that I've made.