Thank you, Chair.
Let me extend a welcome to the witnesses to our meeting. It's good to have you here.
I've had an opportunity to serve on a number of committees since becoming a parliamentarian. Certainly, Minister, your sharing with us this morning your summer activities is tremendous. That's a very enthusiastic program, and I don't think I was ever privy to hear of another program with quite that degree of enthusiasm covering that much territory. It's a big country, and you're going to talk to a lot of people. You're doing a good job.
The one thing that I would ask about is the interface between the federal government and the provinces in terms of education. Minister, you mentioned that you're going to build some more schools. There are some programs there. Perhaps you could expand on that a little bit, and share with us any action that is taking place at the community level. I'm thinking of the western provinces. Are there going to be some opportunities for adult education programs in some of the buildings that are there now, or an expansion of those programs, to allow more people to become familiar with French?