Thank you to our witnesses for joining us today and for your presentations. I certainly found them very informative.
As you well know, we're studying the Roadmap for Canada's Linguistic Duality. It's an investment of more than $1 billion by our government and is of significant importance across the country from coast to coast to coast.
We're taking our time, meeting with groups such as yours. Certainly the study is taking a very long time because we want to hear from all stakeholders and gather all of the information so that we can present the best possible scenario in our report of what we think and of what you think should be in the next phase.
I heard earlier today from my good friend opposite, Mr. Bélanger, some comment about cutting the road map. Certainly, there's no such thing that the government has contemplated. We're waiting for the study to be completed and will be making our recommendations at the report stage as a team, if you will, in this committee.
I want to ask you a little about the road map.
We're studying it halfway—we're about 60% in. It started in 2008 and expires in 2013. As I said, we want to hear what you have to say, and I'd like to know what you would focus on in the next phase of the road map. A lot of good work has been done by your organizations so far. There's going to be a fair bit of funding in the road map, so I'd like to know from both of your organizations where you would phase in the next phase of the road map and what you would like to see.
Perhaps we can start with you, Madam Turnbull.