Having no access to good funding—be it in terms of grants or loans—and to the right information in French at the right time does have negative consequences. For instance, a francophone may be able to read in English. However, if they do not understand taxation—God knows it can be complicated—and the information is only available in English, how can they know whether there are any measures their company could benefit from? If they have no one to help them in that area, they won't know about any of that.
That is why, during the pan-Canadian forum on economic development in the Canadian Francophonie, we decided that, since we could not be everywhere, we should think about creating a portal for the francophone economy in order to share the resources. There is variety of guides, resources and courses, so they should be made accessible across the country.
We are currently working on implementing such tools, so that we can at least learn from one another by sharing our practices, tools and resources.