Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Miguel Cédric said something earlier that troubled me but that I understand. I've never been in this kind of situation, and this is the first time I've heard these kinds of remarks. You said you were waiting for money from Cameroon to give you a better quality of life here as a result of work problems. This is an upside down world for me; I have always heard the contrary. I have Haitian friends who send money to their families in Haiti because the economy is weaker there. There's work to do.
As you say so well, Canada mustn't dangle things in front of newcomers, but rather tell the truth right off the bat. The issue of credential recognition is a provincial jurisdiction. You know that, in Canada, the provinces and federal government have different jurisdictions. There are all kinds of criteria that must be known and that are complicated; we get lost in them as well, but we have to make them known in order to give people a chance to know what they should expect before they arrive.
I have a question. I know this is a hot topic in French-speaking Ontario. I lived in Saskatchewan for six and a half years. I went there to fight for Fransaskois schools management. What helped us a great deal with the Fransaskois is that they agreed to allow the public and Catholic school sectors to join forces to house Saskatchewan's French-language schools. There are two systems for funding schools in Ontario. I'm not saying it's a sin, but it's a fact. There are two systems. If there were only one, wouldn't that be a greater help with regard to funding, just as that helped us when I was in Saskatchewan?
Ms. Brûlé, you who work at the school board, where do you stand on this issue? Is this a possibility or are the two systems still very much divided?