In recent years, through our RCCFC network, which comprises 58 institutions, we have had a certain amount of funding for projects. The RCCFC is a network of exchange, of partnership and so on. I must be honest in my answer and tell you: absolutely not. We would need a lot more money. In the draft budget that was tabled, I believe there is $2 billion for infrastructure. However, only 30% of that amount goes to the colleges as a whole. That's not really a lot when you're building a francophone network across Canada. Apart from those in New Brunswick, Ontario and Manitoba, I believe the colleges in the other provinces don't even have permanent facilities, apart from the Université Sainte-Anne in Nova Scotia. As for the others, they use premises leased here and there. We can't serve our communities from scattered premises. We can't create that synergy in the community to convince people to go and study there.
On March 12th, 2009. See this statement in context.