Mr. Minister, we are talking about $358,911,000 in 2007-2008, and $340,551,000 in 2010-2011. I hope that the next time we see each other, I will have, as a parliamentarian, the figures in hand to explain where these $18,500,000 went. I hope that we will have an opportunity to talk again and that I will eventually have these figures in hand.
Let us now talk about statistics. When Statistics Canada issued its latest data, statisticians said that since the introduction of the short-form census questionnaire, the statistics lack relevance and it is more difficult to determine the situation of linguistic minorities in Canada.
This committee asked you for a specific budget for Statistics Canada so that it could follow the development of official languages in Canada. Are you not worried about the fact that Statistics Canada statisticians say that the data are more or less reliable, and how can we remedy this?