Thank you to our witnesses for their opening statements.
Before we begin with Monsieur Godin, I want to point out to members of the committee that the clerk has given you copies of the Canada-Manitoba Agreement on Minority Language Education and Second Official Language Instruction 2009-10 to 2012-13. It was sent to you by e-mail. I would ask you to reference this document because this is the document the federal government uses to fund both minority language education and second official language instruction in the province of Manitoba.
The analyst is looking for suggestions and recommendations on how this agreement, which expired about a month ago, on April 30, and which needs to be renegotiated for another five years, can be improved upon.
It's a thick document, in both official languages, which your offices received by e-mail this morning.
I would ask you to make sure your questions are focused on improvements to this federal-provincial agreement. It would be of great help to us in drafting the report.
I think we have a couple of extra copies if you want to refer to them during the committee meeting.
Mr. Godin, go ahead.