Thank you, Mr. Chair.
And thank you, Minister and all the senior officials from CIC, for joining us today.
Minister, back in 2008 when our government introduced the road map for linguistic duality, a $1.1 billion program that was very successful and that was renewed in 2013 going to 2018, we heard from many witnesses at the committee for official languages where that was studied. There are a lot of advantages and benefits of investing in linguistic duality across this country in all the different communities. I'm delighted to see $149.5 million in your presentation today for official languages with respect to immigration. I wonder if you can elaborate, please, on the many benefits of this program with respect to immigration.