The same principle applies throughout the country. In other words—I do not remember the amount anymore—the FCFA negotiated $18 million a year for administering groups such as the one headed by Ms. Poirier. Next, I believe there are officials from Heritage Canada on a committee with representatives from the community organizations and these people decide how the funds will be distributed in each province.
In the case of the action plan, however, the funds are distributed to the various departments.
You were talking about education, Mr. Lemieux. Unless I am mistaken, it was decided, in cooperation with the provinces, that funding from the action plan will be given to the provinces. In other words, you raise a good point, because the funding disappears somewhat in the provincial envelope for education. It is true that there are a great many different federal funds. I just wanted to make that clarification, because I find it quite important.
Things work quite well in my province because we have excellent cooperation with the province. Our province is open; our Minister of Finance is a francophone; our premier is open to the French-speaking community.
First of all, I would like to know whether that is your experience as well.
My second question is about economic development. I am very familiar with the RDÉEs. They are a huge success in my province. When I look at the figures, I see that the population is very mobile. Does that cause you problems? I believe that 50 per cent of the people contacted in 1996 and 2001 had moved. That must create incredible instability. Does this percentage refer to just the francophone community or to the population as a whole?