We want a strategy for action such as the one mentioned by the Canadian Council on Learning. If we get sufficient funding to do the work we need to do, we would cooperate with that kind of strategy.
Currently, we are only meeting 1% of the needs of francophones who need services to reach level 3, meaning the minimum level required in a knowledge-based society. We have to improve those numbers. Even if we hold promotional, awareness and recruiting campaigns, we still have to have the intake structures, and therefore stable funding. Our funding is project-based.
We have prepared 10-year plans to catch up to anglophones across Canada, but we want all Canadians, including anglophones, to exceed the Norwegian rate, meaning two out of three citizens. That is what we need in a society like ours, which wants to create jobs, to keep people in their jobs and to be able to compete internationally.
We need people who have finished high school or university. They are considered level 4 and 5. However, we must also maintain our skills throughout our lives now. That is where we come in. Some people have not had basic training, others need to review that basic training and still others need to improve their skills in order to acquire essential skills needed to integrate the labour market. We need to work with people where they are. We need more resources, that goes without saying.