Yes. I fully endorse those comments. By way of preamble, I would like to say this. This morning, we are talking. I wouldn't say we are complaining, but we seem to be raising issues. But the fact is the federal government has carried out some important work in recent years. I would even go so far as to say that if the federal government had not been there for people living in a minority situation, I am not sure I would be here today. In fact, I am quite certain that I would not be here, whatever government was in office, because I have seen all of them, one after the other. I'm not sure that we would exist.
So, the federal government is essential. We cannot leave the survival of minorities up to the provinces alone. That's my first point.
My second point is this: that means a federal action plan and, out of the federal action plan, a provincial agreement, and thus accountability, to ensure that the parameters that are set are adhered to. I agree with that way of working. As for the associative movement, if the minorities don't have that to back them up, they will simply die.
I would refer you again to the book by Graham Fraser entitled Sorry, I don't speak French where he points out the importance of the Ordre de Jacques-Cartier that existed here. All the associative organizations that have existed in Ontario have meant that I am still speaking French 300 years later.