The commissioner's role is performed independently. The commissioner's work is carried out independently of project funding. The two are not connected. I know that the commissioner is doing everything possible. He is a remarkable man for whom I have an enormous amount of admiration and respect.
During this time—as you yourself pointed out—project funding has been increased. I'm somewhat surprised to hear that there have been so many. Generally speaking, we have been succeeding in reaching out to a lot of people. We'll be only too happy to take down names and see what we can do for them.
You're right. You've put your finger on something. We're saying that we're going to increase the number of people who speak the language. In some instances, the current number is zero, while for others, there are only three or four speakers remaining. This is not specific to Quebec. I've seen it everywhere, in Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.
The Department of Canadian Heritage is not about to dictate how they ought to go about revitalizing their languages. It's up to them to figure it out. What we need to do is give them financial support through training, pedagogical assistance, and creating dictionaries and resources to help them learn how to pronounce the words.