That's why I included my first two recommendations, knowing that the provinces and the federal government both have a role to play.
The immersion and core language programs in the provinces would be impossible without the funding provided by the federal government to the provinces. For example, our school board, which is located in Ontario, receives additional funding for all students in immersion and core language programs. We would not be able to provide these programs if the funding was not available. My recommendation states that it is essential that the federal government continue to provide this money to the provinces.
Regarding the second missing element, that is, measurement criteria, I believe you could play a role. We began looking at that through a pilot project in our school board. Today, our tool is used in a number of provinces.
I know that
the Council of Ministers of Education
had talked about
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
The idea here is to have standards so that we can define the level of proficiency. Having common standards would, in my opinion, help the federal bilingualism policy.