The Post-censal Survey on the Vitality of the Official Language Minority Communities has been discussed for a very long time. We, at Statistics Canada, knew that this was probably the only way of getting reliable data on a number of areas having to do with the official language minority communities. We had discussions, first with Heritage Canada and the Privy Council Office. There are now eight federal partners that funded the Survey and are on the steering committee and the task force regarding this survey. This is not just a Statistics Canada initiative.
There was the Action Plan for the Official Languages in 2003. The post-censal survey will be the source of the information required to determine what progress has been made when it comes time to renew the action plan in 2008.