Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Maybe we could ask Ms. Glover to appear as a witness before the committee at its next meeting.
You're not here to shower praise on anyone, but rather to let us know what is not working with this Roadmap. That's what we want to hear about. It's up to the government to take note of what is being said. We have very little time.
We have a table here that indicates that there were cuts at the Treasury Board Secretariat. Available funds went from $72 million down to $17 million. For the public service, the monies available went from $72 million down to $17 million. This must certainly affect someone somewhere. Under the heading “Investing in Innovation”, we can see that the funding has gone down from $15.7 million to nothing at all. The funds available for the Centre of Excellence have gone up, from $13 million to $17 million. On the other hand, under the heading “Rebuilding Capacity (Public Service Commission)”, we know that the funding has gone down from $43 million to nothing at all. As for consultations, we're talking about consultations with the departments, with the appropriate minister. There is not a single person who represents everybody in government.
I'm sorry, but with all due respect, I think that it's not up to the parliamentary secretary to try and solve on her own the problems your communities are facing, be they English or French-speaking communities. Community members have the right to meet with the minister to tell him or her what is wrong. That's what we call consultation. Moreover, the minister is responsible for contacting you and consulting you. You shouldn't have to beg to have a meeting with him and simply be told that he will be able to see you in six months which is clearly a sign of a lack of respect. I'm convinced that some people in Canada meet ministers far more often than that. They don't have to wait six months. Under the heading “Reducing waiting lists for language training”, funds went from $13 million to zero.
What do you think of all this?