Without a doubt, we are absolutely delighted with it. In terms of the roadmap, we endorse practically the entire presentation that the Fédération culturelle canadienne-française made to you last week. Clearly, because of the cultural development fund, the francophone community in Ontario, and in a wider sense, in Canada, has benefited from funds that were absolutely necessary.
In literature, we were a little surprised to see the national translation program for book publishing in the present roadmap. Although this is an excellent program and an excellent initiative, I do not believe that we formally asked for a translation program.
We support what the Fédération culturelle canadienne-française presented to you when they were here. That is, it would be very interesting, and very much appreciated, to see the establishment of a stream purely for arts and culture in the next roadmap. In that way, more attention could be paid to cultural development, to artistic infrastructure and to artists themselves by keeping artists present in a dynamic pool all across Canada, in cultural industries and in access to the arts.
The Association des auteures et auteurs de l'Ontario has benefited from several of the roadmap's programs. We were able to establish programs that have allowed our artists, writers and authors to reach out to the people, to become involved in community projects, to go and work with the people and to cultivate that appetite for literary creation. It has been absolutely vital for us.
I repeat that, having become aware of the presentation that the Fédération culturelle canadienne-française made, we endorse it. We feel that the roadmap should have an arts and culture stream.