Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Good morning and welcome. Everything you have said is very interesting, moving, and even a little disconcerting, especially when Ms. Russell spoke to us about a specific case. I am particularly interested in preschoolers. I have worked in this area in Quebec. I feel that our practices are exemplary in our partnership work with all the decision-makers in all areas of community activity to help children and to prepare them for school. I am particularly concerned by the fact that many preschoolers arrive at school without the skills they need in order to learn.
I would first like to know if our involvement should be the same everywhere. For example, the Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de Montréal is presently conducting a study on school readiness in various parts of Montreal to see if the same response is needed everywhere or if it should be different. Politically, should we adopt the same kinds of responses for all provinces and territories? How important to you is citizen involvement through community organizations? I understood that it was very important. Should we continue to fund productive local initiatives? How important to you is the relationship between school, family and community? There are pilot projects along those lines too in Quebec. Should we expand them and work with parents, children and educators?
There, I am afraid that we do not have much time. I would like this to last two hours, but it is not possible.