I would like to comment as the director of a cultural centre. When you work in a community to develop and maintain the vitality of the francophone community, you need to work long hours, promote culture, educate people and make sure young people are integrated into our communities so that they can develop in French.
Cornwall too, among other places, needs a cultural and infrastructure centre. There are infrastructure problems and problems with everyday resources. There was discussion of volunteers and of integrating volunteers. Well, I am a volunteer working at a cultural centre. I am the executive director of a cultural centre that has existed for 45 years, and that operates on only $25,000 per year. Even before beginning to work, I have to be able to figure out how to maintain the vitality of my francophone community, determine why and for whom I am working, how we are going to survive, pay the telephone bills and pay for the liability insurance.
The fewer services there are in the francophone community, the fewer will be the number of people who use them and grow. This is important from the standpoint of performances. There was discussion of culture, but what is the definition of culture and of the vitality of francophone communities? That happens in the field and vitality is something that happens in the local communities.