I'm not a parent of special needs children. We have at least one member of the committee who would be able to speak to that much more effectively than I. But the parents I've talked to in my community have said that as part of the deal with the Province of Nova Scotia, it would have dramatically improved their opportunity to provide care for their children. I think that's very important.
As well, in the francophone community we have the Fédération acadienne de la Nouvelle-Écosse, who have a hard time. In fact, I believe the number of francophone children in Nova Scotia who, when they reach their French school, are not competent in their own language is over 60%. That's a shame, and if we believe we are a bilingual country and believe in bilingualism, we should provide those services. Under the previous plan, and I hope potentially under Bill C-303, we'd be better off.
Did somebody want to answer that?
