Thank you, Mr. Chair.
To begin with, I'd like to set the record straight on a few matters, especially in relation to what Mr. Godin said. I don't know what he was huffing and puffing about, but it was quite a challenge following his argument.
As far as the action plan is concerned, I should point out that the Liberal government announced a $751 million plan. In March 2008, $810 million will have been spent. In other words, our government increased spending under this plan. Other initiatives have been added. For example, we announced a $30 million envelope specifically for minority official language communities, and the communities were grateful for this. There is a $1 billion agreement between the federal government and the provinces for education, and to promote both languages. There's also $30 million which went to Canadian Heritage for official language francophone festivals.
So, Mr. Godin, you need to be more rigorous in speaking about this issue. We need to set the record straight as far as what Mr. Godin said earlier.
On the matter of education, I was involved in a number of meetings with stakeholders from the education community, especially representatives from immersion programs targeting anglophones who want to learn French and programs for francophones wishing to improve their own language skills.
We're interested in primary and secondary education, and that's why I mentioned our $1 billion agreement, in cooperation with the provinces and territories. But post-secondary education is also really important, especially after grade 12. What is really available to them in their own mother tongue? We've undertaken a number of initiatives in this regard also.
As parliamentary secretary, I went to Timmins to announce the allocation of a federal fund for Boréal College, Mr. Godin.
I'd like to hear your opinion about the post-secondary network and resources available across Canada.