Just very quickly, Mr. Chair, we're obviously quite conscious of where there are provincial jurisdictions. It's our understanding that, first of all, there are many aspects of education, as we've discussed, where it's the federal government's purview to take action.
Again, there are so many complementary areas, and I think we would point to one that's perhaps political and one that's a matter of infrastructure. A number of levers are available to the Department of Canadian Heritage and other government establishments with respect to economic development. Presumably, one of the economic levers that Canada has, and that other countries don't, is its bilingual capacity. Is that being reinforced? Are minority language communities being given every opportunity to use their second language expertise to create wealth, to build services, or to offer their state-of-the-art translation skills? Is there more that can be done on that score?
I guess we would just point to the political message, whatever government might be in power, which has to resonate with an English-speaking minority in Quebec, an education community in Quebec, and French in the rest of the country, and that is that this is not a frill and not an advantage but a fundamental characteristic of Canada. Also, if I might say so, it's not to be put under threat when one makes a very legitimate point that there are other third languages that are amazingly important. Of course they are, but that does not run counter to the very basic Canadian reality that this country functions in two languages. That's not just philosophical. It trickles down to how our schools operate.