Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Lord, for your testimony.
You indicated in your report that the education system is crucial and the previous government indicated the same thing in 2003 when they created the Action Plan for Official Languages.
The previous government indicated the same thing in 2003 when they created the action plan on official languages: that the education system was critical in it. At the time, they set a ten-year goal of doubling the number of bilingual graduates, bilingual students in Canada. At the time, in 2003, approximately one-quarter or 25% of all students were functionally bilingual. They set a goal of doubling the number of students to about 50% by 2013.
As the first action plan on official languages provided investments to meet these targets, how effective was it in getting to that goal by 2013?