Coming from the education sector, I can tell you that we hit a home run by establishing and maintaining our right to manage our own schools for francophones. That is a pillar for our development. Obviously, that means creating spaces, but we are all aware of how much education contributes to psychological development, strong families, and so on. So that is a huge achievement.
I think that the francophone student population in Alberta has doubled over the past 12 years, and that is a relatively short time. I can talk to you about challenges, but that is certainly a great achievement.
I have the impression that if we can transpose that approach to other areas, such as health care, if we can better deploy those services, it will already be an important step forward. We do not need to create a whole new structure, but rather build on what already exists and use it to best advantage. This might be an incremental approach, but at least it would be progress.
What I mean by that is coordinating francophone services as their own “regional” health board where all these people can be accessed and a formal network created. Then it would be possible to effectively provide real service to the population. That is my opinion in 30 seconds.