I think that the Dion plan for official languages was really something new and interesting and substantial when it was implemented. It is a good plan, but it had some problems along the way. We cannot blame the francophone official language communities.
When we have resources, I guarantee that we spend them well. In some cases, it took some time before the funds arrived. With regard to some aspects of the Action Plan for Official Languages, there had not been enough preliminary research. We were handed certain tools that did not exactly meet our needs.
Personally, I would not want to throw the baby out with the bath water. No matter which party is in power, we must quickly resume the preparation of a plan for official languages. We must evaluate what we have done. As far as we are concerned, we did not succeed in everything. On the other hand, with regard to education, I can tell you that we have made headway because the province of Saskatchewan really supported us in this field. The Réseau santé en français made progress because the provincial government supported us. When we work together, things go well. In my opinion, our essential orientation should consist in carrying out a new study to determine how federal departments, with their mandates and with their experience with the first plan, could send out funds for a second time in 2008. If they want to do it, they must not wait until 2008 and then ask that we wait for two more years before telling us how the money will be spent.