That is one of the components. There are several parts to the current action plan, which includes health, economic development and education. We suggest adding arts and culture. This would bring the total number of components to four. There needs to be an official languages program in the cultural field. We suggest that a strategic action fund be established, along with a framework agreement. For this fourth component, we suggest that the role of the arts and culture be taken into consideration under the existing components of the plan, namely education, economic development, immigration, and health.
It is urgent to begin thinking about it now, because the action plan comes to term at the end of March 2008. There is barely a year and three months remaining. Once this time has gone by, it will be essential to quickly evaluate the existing plan and make projections for the next five years. The plan's objectives were very ambitious. It had been understood at the outset that they could not be achieved within 5 years, but rather 10 or 15 years.
We are now back again to emphasize the fact that the arts and culture are unfortunately still missing from the plan. The development of francophone and Acadian communities cannot be considered without including the artistic and cultural dimension. In our view, it is just as important as education.