—marine science.
The thing I'm concerned about along with that is what seems to be overlooked about the impact of this, not on a fiscal level but on a socio-political level. For me, even as an anglophone, it screams at me, “You don't matter”.
The closing of the only francophone search and rescue station would say to me, if I were a francophone, and even as an anglophone, “You don't matter”. The closing of this library, which is a resource for ocean science in French, says to me, “You don't matter”. That's a huge concern to me. I'd like you to comment on that.
I'd also like you to comment on something on the reverse of that, which I think is being overlooked.
We've heard from a number of witnesses from out west over the last little while about the lineups of families who want to send their kids to immersion schools, but there aren't the resources for that. What would you think of a possible legacy project for this 150th anniversary celebration that we're putting together to put in place a program to allow teachers from French-speaking areas—from the Acadian community and from the Québécois community—to go west and fill the need for immersion teachers, to which they could bring not only their knowledge of the language but also the culture at preschool and higher levels?