Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
When we met with representatives from the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne last week, they raised three major problems: approval delays, lay-offs due to those delays, and the fact that certain members had to wait up to six months before receiving a response from the federal government. You said that you encounter similar situations, with all of the attendant problems.
If we had to wipe the slate clean and rebuild the entire accountability machine—everybody wants accountability—how should we go about it? Whether it is the Regional Association of West Quebecers, the Quebec Community Groups Network or Mr. dePoe's organization, Canadian Parents for French, which focuses on learning French as a second language, I would like to know whether it is possible to create a new system based on the way things really work.