Foreign Affairs committee  That's an excellent question. Your colleague spoke to us earlier about Canada's duality and the manner in which it is promoted abroad. One of Canada's strengths on the international stage is its ability to maintain this linguistic duality. Acadia is an excellent example of a civil society that has succeeded, against all odds, to exist and flourish.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. There are certainly benefits. I could discuss those of the past few years. Imagine what we could do if adequate funds had been invested! As for what public diplomacy brings to Acadia, it spreads the benefits throughout the Atlantic provinces. Were it not for the international work that Acadia, and hence its mouthpiece, the SNA, Atlantic Canada's international efforts would mostly be limited to relations with New England.

Foreign Affairs committee  That's the one. Francophone immigration to the region also increased by 77% between 1996 and 2011, and by 37% since 2011. That's significant. As for the economic impact of international students, there was a major change in international student recruitment following the summit.