Obviously in Quebec things are a little bit different. On the moneys we receive, our schools are seen as much more of a community centre than one might think. We bring our communities in to support families, especially in
disadvantaged neighbourhoods.
We have our community learning centres in virtually every neighbourhood that contribute to tutorial programs, sports programs, anti-bullying programs, support programs, literacy programs that are helping the community—not only the students but their families, as David mentioned. We also support an organization called LEARN Quebec, which is a tutorial service in both official languages that is funded with these dollars, which helps contribute to our success rates.
But I think it is also important to talk about the economic and community advantages of a bilingual neighbourhood. I used to work in technical support, and Shell Canada used to have to outsource their technical support lines to us because they couldn't find French-speaking people in Calgary. I was in Toronto at the time. It was pretty hard to find some of that staff in Toronto. We had to bribe some of our Quebec young people to come to live in Toronto for a while.
As we said earlier, having two languages contributes so much to a community and to individuals. Bilingual people can go anywhere. They can contribute to the whole world, and the world is getting smaller. We all know that.